Shelter in Place

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: V Corps, I Corps, Xxx Corps, Ii Corps, Iv Corps, Vi Corps, Xii Corps, Iii Corps, Vii Corps, Viii Corps, X Corps, Commonwealth Corps, Xiii Corps, Xv Corps, Western Desert Force, I Airborne Corps, Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, Desert Mounted Corps, Ix Corps, Xx Corps, Cavalry Corps, Xvi Corps, Xxi Corps. Excerpt: The Cavalry Corps was a formation of the British Army during World War I . and part of the British Expeditionary Force . The corps was formed in France in October 1914, under General Sir Edmund Allenby . It was later broken up in March 1916, but re-established in the following September. Formation The Corps consisted of the three cavalry divisions serving in France, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd divisions. The cavalry division consisted of cavalry regiments in brigades. They were armed with rifles, unlike their French and German counterparts, who were only armed with the shorter range carbine . The cavalry division also had a high allocation of artillery compared to foreign cavalry divisions, with 24 13-pounder guns organised into two brigades and two machine guns for each regiment. However, when dismounted, the cavalry division was the equivalent of two weakened infantry brigades with less artillery then the infantry division. Battles Notes References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Commonwealth Corps The Commonwealth Corps was the name given to a proposed British Commonwealth army formation, which was scheduled to take part in the planned Allied invasion of Japan in during 1945 and 1946. The corps was never formed however, as the Japanese surrender obviated any need for it. Under the proposals the corps would have comprised Australian , British , Canadian and New Zealand forces. By July 1945, United Kingdom leaders were proposing that five Com...