III Corps

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III Corps was a major field formation of the British Army that served in key campaigns during the First and Second World Wars.

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Label Occurrences
III Corps canonical 2

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army corps ⓘ
allegiance British Crown ⓘ
battle Battle of Cambrai (1917) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Cambrai

Battle of Mons ⓘ
Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ
Battle of the Somme ⓘ
First Battle of Ypres ⓘ
German Spring Offensive ⓘ
Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ
commander Lieutenant-General William Pulteney ⓘ
conflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disbandedAfter Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
engagedAgainst German Army ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Imperial German Army ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
formedIn August 1914 ⓘ
garrison Aldershot Command ⓘ
higherCommand British Expeditionary Force (World War I) ⓘ
Home Forces (World War II) ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
notableCommander Charles Monro ⓘ
Montagu C. Butler ⓘ
William Pulteney ⓘ
notableFor participation in early British Expeditionary Force operations ⓘ
service in both World Wars ⓘ
service on the Western Front in World War I ⓘ
partOf British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
reformedIn September 1939 ⓘ
role field corps headquarters ⓘ
tactical command of divisions ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
subordinateUnit 28th Division ⓘ
2nd Division ⓘ
4th Division ⓘ
50th (Northumbrian) Division ⓘ
6th Division ⓘ
theatre Western Front ⓘ
type corps-level formation ⓘ
worldWarIITheatre Home Forces ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ

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