IV Corps (United Kingdom)

IV Corps
Formation sign of IV Corps during the Second World War.[1]
Active	1903–1919 1940–1945
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Engagements	First 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.