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I [British] Corps
Lineage  |  HQ (GOC)  |  Corps Troops (RAC, RA, RE, R Sigs)  |  Formations & units (divisions, brigades) 

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1939 after being disbanded in 1919, re-formed in the UK
  Went overseas to France in Sept. 1939 as part of the British Expeditionery Force (BEF). Upon return to the UK transformed to I Corps District as part of the Home Forces. Overseas again in June 1944 as part of the invasion forces in Normandy, taking part in the whole of the Northwest Europe campaign.
21.05.1945 renamed I Corps District
1947 disbanded in Germany
 
Headquarters (HQ)

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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
03.09.1939 - 00.04.1940 Lt.Gen. | Gen. Sir John G. Dill
00.04.1940 - 07.06.1940 Lt.Gen. M.G.H. Barker
08.06.1940 - 14.12.1940 Lt.Gen. H.R.L.G. Alexander
15.12.1940 - 28.10.1941 Lt.Gen. L. Carr
28.10.1941 - 00.00.1942 Lt.Gen. H.B.D. Willcox
14.05.1942 - 12.04.1943 Lt.Gen. F.E. Morgan
00.00.1943 - 00.00.1944 Lt.Gen. S.G. Savige
27.01.1944 - 03.08.1944 Lt.Gen. G.C. Bucknall
00.08.1944 - 00.00.1945 Lt.Gen. J.T. Crocker
00.00.1945 - 00.00.1947 Lt.Gen. G.I. Thomas
 
Brigadier General Staff (BGS)
03.09.1939 - 04.02.1940 Brig. A.E. Percival
05.02.1940 - 07.06.1940 Brig. W.C. Holden
22.06.1940 - 31.05.1941 Brig. W.D. Morgan
 
General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2)
01.12.1940 - ? Maj. D.E.B. Talbot
 
General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3) (Intelligence)
? - ? Maj.?  F.H. Jackson
 
General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3)
20.01.1940 - 02.08.1940 Capt. N.P.H. Tapp
 
Corps Commander Royal Artillery (CCRA)
02.09.1939 - 18.06.1940 Brig. F.H.N. Davidson
00.00.1942 - 00.00.1942 Brig. E.G. Earle
00.00.1944 - 00.00.1944 Brig. C.F. Loewen
 
General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), Royal Artillery
02.09.1939 - 10.10.1940 Maj. S.B. Rawlins
 
Commander Corps Medium Artillery (CCMA)
02.09.1939 - 25.06.1940 Brig. F.W.H. Pratt
 
Brigadier in charge of Administration
00.00.1942 - 00.00.1942 Brig. C.F. Drew
00.00.1945 - 00.00.1947 Brig. P.H. de Havilland
 
Deputy Director of Medical Services (DDMS)
00.00.1940 - 00.00.1941 Brig. A.D. Stirling
00.00.1945 - 00.00.1947 Brig. F.H. Escritt
 
Deputy Director of Supplies & Transport (DDS&T)
00.00.1939 - 00.00.1940 Brig. C. Le B. Goldney
 
Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineers (DDME)
00.00.1945 - 00.00.1946 Brig. F.M. Hext
 
Deputy Assistant & Quartermaster-General (DA&QMG)
00.00.1942 - 00.00.1943 Lt.Col. E.J. Montgomery
 
Assistant Quartermaster-General (AQMG)
00.00.1945 - 00.00.1945 Brig. P.G. Turpin
 
Chief Engineer (CE)
01.08.1939 - 25.11.1940 Brig. R.L. Bond
(06.1944) Brig. A.D. Campbell
 
Senior RC Chaplain
? - ? Chaplain to the Forces the Rev. R.L. Guilly

Corps Troops

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Royal Armoured Corps (RAC)
Inns of Court Regiment (Armoured Car) (06.1944)
 
Royal Artillery (RA)
62nd Anti-Tank Regiment (06.1944)
102nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (06.1944)
10th Survey Regiment (06.1944)
9th Army Group Royal Artillery (9 AGRA) (1945)
 
Royal Engineers (RE)
I Corps Troops Engineers (06.1944)
 
Royal Signals (R Sigs)
I Corps Troops Signals (06.1944)

Formations & Units

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Divisions
3rd Infantry Division (06.1944)
3rd Canadian Infantry Division (06.1944)
51st (Highland) Infantry Division (06.1944)
Guards Division (1945)
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division (1945)
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division (1945)
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division (1945)
 
Brigades
27th Armoured Brigade (06.1944)
2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade (06.1944)
4th Armoured Brigade (06.1944)
1st Special Service Brigade (06.1944)
4th Special Service Brigade (06.1944)
159th Infantry Brigade (1945)
 
Literature
- History of I (BR) Corps, 1901-1967 [Bielefeld] : HQ 1 BR Corps, [1968]
28 p.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

II [British] Corps
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Lineage
  Formed part of the BEF (1939/40), then part of the Home Forces. was maintained as formation for deception purposes.
 
Headquarters (HQ)

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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
01.09.1939 - 29.05.1940 Lt.Gen. A.F. Brooke
30.05.1940 - 03.06.1940 (acting) Lt.Gen. B.L. Montgomery
00.00.1941 - 00.00.1941 Lt.Gen. E.A. Osborne
00.00.1941 - 06.04.1942 Lt.Gen. K.A.N. Anderson
08.04.1942 - 13.09.1942 Lt.Gen. J.S. Steele
14.09.1942 - 29.07.1943 Lt.Gen. G.W.R. Templer
00.00.1943 - 00.00.1944 Lt.Gen. D.F. Anderson
00.00.1944 - 00.00.1945 Lt.Gen. S.G. Savige
 
Corps Troops

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Royal Armoured Corps (RAC)
? ?
 
Royal Artillery (RA)
? ?
 
Royal Engineers (RE)
III Corps Troops Engineers ?
 
Royal Signals (R Sigs)
III Corps Troops Signals ?

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Divisions
? ?
 
Brigades
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III [British] Corps
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Lineage
  ?
 
Headquarters (HQ)

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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
25.10.1939 - 07.06.1940 Lt.Gen. R.F. Adam
08.06.1940 - 11.10.1940 Lt.Gen. J.H. Marshall-Cornwall
12.10.1940 - 00.00.1943 Maj.Gen. | Lt.Gen. D.F. Anderson
 
Corps Troops

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Royal Armoured Corps (RAC)
? ?
 
Royal Artillery (RA)
? ?
 
Royal Engineers (RE)
II Corps Troops Engineers ?
 
Royal Signals (R Sigs)
II Corps Troops Signals ?

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Divisions
? ?
 
Brigades
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IV [British] Corps
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Lineage
  Served in Burma.
 
Headquarters (HQ)

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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
01.02.1940 - 00.05.1940 Lt.Gen. C.J.E. Auchinleck
00.00.1940 - 00.00.1941 Maj.Gen. F.P. Nosworthy
00.00.1941 - 00.00.1942 Maj.Gen. T.W. Corbett
00.00.1942 - 00.00.1944 Lt.Gen. G.A.P. Scoones
00.00.1944 - 00.00.1945 Lt.Gen. F.W. Messervy
 
Corps Troops

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Royal Armoured Corps (RAC)
? ?
 
Royal Artillery (RA)
? ?
 
Royal Engineers (RE)
V Corps Troops Engineers ?
 
Royal Signals (R Sigs)
V Corps Troops Signals ?

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Divisions
? ?
 
Brigades
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V [British] Corps
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Lineage
  ?
 
Headquarters (HQ)

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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
00.06.1940 - 10.07.1940 Lt.Gen. C.J.E. Auchinleck
22.07.1940 - 00.04.1941 Lt.Gen. B.L. Montgomery
00.04.1941 - 08.03.1942 Maj.Gen. E.C.A. Schreiber
09.03.1942 - 08.08.1944 Lt.Gen. C.W. Allfrey
00.00.1944 - 00.00.1945 Lt.Gen. C.F. Keightley
 
Corps Troops

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Royal Armoured Corps (RAC)
? ?
 
Royal Artillery (RA)
? ?
 
Royal Engineers (RE)
V Corps Troops Engineers ?
 
Royal Signals (R Sigs)
V Corps Troops Signals ?

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Divisions
? ?
 
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VIII [British] Corps
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Lineage
  ?
 
Headquarters (HQ)

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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
00.07.1940 - 00.05.1941 Lt.Gen. H.E. Franklyn
18.05.1941 - 00.00.1942 Lt.Gen. K.A.N. Anderson
00.00.1942 - 00.00.1942 Lt.Gen. A.E. Grasett
09.12.1942 - 00.00.1943 Lt.Gen. H. Lumsden
00.00.1943 - 00.00.1943 Lt.Gen. J.A.F. Harding
21.01.1944 - 01.12.1944 Lt.Gen. R.N. O'Connor
02.12.1944 - 00.04.1946 Lt.Gen. E.H. Barker
 
Corps Troops

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Royal Armoured Corps (RAC)
? ?
 
Royal Artillery (RA)
? ?
 
Royal Engineers (RE)
VIII Corps Troops Engineers ?
 
Royal Signals (R Sigs)
VIII Corps Troops Signals ?

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Divisions
? ?
 
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IX [British] Corps
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Lineage
  ?
 
Headquarters (HQ)

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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
00.00.1941 - 00.00.1942 Lt.Gen. R.P. Pakenham-Walsh
00.00.1942 - 00.00.1942 Lt.Gen. G.C. Bucknall
00.00.1942 - 29.04.1943 Lt.Gen. J.T. Crocker
30.04.1943 - 00.06.1943 Lt.Gen. B.G. Horrocks
 
Corps Troops

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Royal Armoured Corps (RAC)
? ?
 
Royal Artillery (RA)
? ?
 
Royal Engineers (RE)
IX Corps Troops Engineers ?
 
Royal Signals (R Sigs)
IX Corps Troops Signals ?

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Divisions
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X [British] Corps
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Lineage
  ?
 
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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
00.00.1940 - 00.00.1941 Lt.Gen. W.G. Holmes
10.08.1942 - 09.12.1942 Maj.Gen. H. Lumsden
09.12.1942 - 29.04.1943 Lt.Gen. B.G. Horrocks
30.04.1943 - 00.00.1943 Lt.Gen. B.C. Freyberg
29.07.1943 - 00.09.1944 Lt.Gen. R.L. McCreery
02.11.1944 - 00.00.1945 Lt.Gen. J.L.I. Hawkesworth
00.00.1945 -  Lt.Gen. R.M. Scobie
 
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Royal Armoured Corps (RAC)
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Royal Artillery (RA)
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Royal Engineers (RE)
X Corps Troops Engineers ?
 
Royal Signals (R Sigs)
X Corps Troops Signals ?

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Divisions
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XI [British] Corps
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Lineage
  ?
 
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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
00.00.1940 - 00.00.1941 Lt.Gen. H.R.S. Massy
07.11.1941 - 15.03.1942 Lt.Gen. N.M.S. Irwin
00.00.1943 - 00.00.1943 Lt.Gen. G.W.R. Templer
 
Corps Troops

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Royal Armoured Corps (RAC)
? ?
 
Royal Artillery (RA)
? ?
 
Royal Engineers (RE)
XI Corps Troops Engineers ?
 
Royal Signals (R Sigs)
XI Corps Troops Signals ?

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Divisions
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XII [British] Corps
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Lineage
  ?
 
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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
00.00.1940 - 00.00.1941 Lt.Gen. A.F.A.N. Thorne
00.04.1941 - 19.11.1941 Lt.Gen. B.L. Montgomery
20.11.1941 - 00.00.1942 Lt.Gen. J.A.H. Gammell
00.00.1944 - 00.00.1945 Lt.Gen. N.M. Ritchie
 
Corps Troops

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Royal Armoured Corps (RAC)
? ?
 
Royal Artillery (RA)
? ?
 
Royal Engineers (RE)
XII Corps Troops Engineers ?
 
Royal Signals (R Sigs)
XII Corps Troops Signals ?

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XIII [British] Corps
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  Initially Western Desert Force
01.1941 redesignated XIII Corps
 
Headquarters (HQ)

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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
03.11.1940 - 15.02.1941 Lt.Gen. R.N. O'Connor
15.02.1941 - 06.04.1941 Lt.Gen. P. Neame
14.04.1941 - 17.09.1941 Lt.Gen. N.M. de la P. Beresford-Peirse
18.09.1941 - 08.02.1942 Lt.Gen. A.R. Godwin-Austen
08.02.1942 - 07.08.1942 Lt.Gen. W.H.E. Gott
08.08.1942 - 12.08.1942 (acting) Lt.Gen. B.C. Freyberg
13.08.1942 - 08.12.1942 Lt.Gen. B.G. Horrocks
12.12.1942 - 00.01.1944 Lt.Gen. M.C. Dempsey
00.00.1944 - 00.00.1944 Lt.Gen. S.C. Kirkman
00.12.1944 -  Lt.Gen. J.A.F. Harding
 
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Royal Armoured Corps (RAC)
? ?
 
Royal Artillery (RA)
? ?
 
Royal Engineers (RE)
XIII Corps Troops Engineers ?
 
Royal Signals (R Sigs)
XIII Corps Troops Signals ?

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Divisions
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XXV [British] Corps
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Lineage
  ?
 
Headquarters (HQ)

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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
1943 Lt.Gen. I.T.P. Hughes
 
Corps Troops

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Royal Armoured Corps (RAC)
? ?
 
Royal Artillery (RA)
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Royal Engineers (RE)
XXV Corps Troops Engineers ?
 
Royal Signals (R Sigs)
XXV Corps Troops Signals ?

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XXX [British] Corps
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Headquarters (HQ)

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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
00.00.1941 - 00.00.1941 Lt.Gen. V.V. Pope
05.10.1941 - 08.07.1942 Lt.Gen. C.W.M. Norrie
08.07.1942 - 10.09.1942 Lt.Gen. W.H. Ramsden
10.09.1942 - 00.01.1944 Lt.Gen. O.W.H. Leese
00.00.1944 - 03.08.1944 Lt.Gen. G.C. Bucknall
03.08.1944 - 00.00.1945 Lt.Gen. B.G. Horrocks
 
Brigadier General Staff (BGS)
00.00.1942 - 00.00.1942 Brig. G.S. Hatton
22.03.1942? - 10.07.1942 Brig. G.P. Walsh
15.04.1943? - 22.01.1945 Brig. H.E. Pyman
23.01.1945 - 23.04.1946 Brig. C.P. Jones
 
Corps Troops

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Royal Armoured Corps (RAC)
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Royal Artillery (RA)
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Royal Engineers (RE)
XXX Corps Troops Engineers ?
 
Royal Signals (R Sigs)
XXX Corps Troops Signals ?

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Divisions
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