I Corps (United Kingdom)

I Corps
I Corps formation badge during the Second World War.[1]
Active1815–1994
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeField corps
EngagementsWaterloo Campaign

First World War[2]

Second World War

Cold War

Commanders
Notable
commanders
The Prince of Orange
Sir Douglas Haig
Sir Charles Monro
Sir Hubert Gough
Sir Arthur Holland
Sir John Dill
Sir Harold Alexander
Sir John Crocker
Insignia
Corps formation sign during the First World War.[3]

I Corps ("First Corps") was an army corps in existence as an active formation in the British Army for most of the 80 years from its creation in the First World War until the end of the Cold War, longer than any other corps. It had a short-lived precursor during the Waterloo Campaign. It served as the operational component of the British Army of the Rhine (part of NATO's Northern Army Group (NORTHAG)) during the Cold War, and was tasked with defending West Germany.

  1. ^ Cole 1973, p. 126.
  2. ^ The long, long trail
  3. ^ JPS card no. 92