IV Corps (United Kingdom)

IV Corps
Formation sign of IV Corps during the Second World War.[1]
Active1903–1919
1940–1945
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
EngagementsFirst Battle of Ypres
Battle of Neuve Chapelle
Second Battle of Ypres
Battle of Aubers Ridge
Battle of Festubert
Battle of Loos
Operations on the Ancre
German retreat to the Hindenburg Line
Cambrai 1917, 1918
Battle of the Somme 1918
Battles of the Hindenburg Line
Final Advance in Picardy
Norwegian Campaign
Burma Campaign
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Sir Henry Rawlinson
Claude Auchinleck
Noel Irwin
Geoffry Scoones
Frank Messervy
Francis Grenfell
Insignia
Corps formation sign during the First World War.[2]

IV Corps was a corps-sized formation of the British Army, formed in both the First World War and the Second World War. During the First World War the corps served on the Western Front throughout its existence. During the Second World War it served in Norway and Britain until it was transferred to India, which was threatened with attack after Japan entered the war.

  1. ^ Cole p. 28.
  2. ^ JPS card no. 53.

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