VII Corps (United Kingdom)

VII Corps
VII Corps formation badge during the First World War
Active	First World War Second World War
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Field corps
Part of	British Expeditionary Force (1915-18) GHQ Home Forces (1940, 1944-45)
Engagements	Battle of the Somme[1] German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line[1] Battle of Arras[1] Battle of Cambrai[1] Battle of the Somme (1918)[1]
Commanders
Notable commanders	Lt-Gen Sir Thomas D'Oyly Snow KCB KCMG Lt-Gen Sir Walter Congreve VC KCB MVO

The VII Corps was an army corps of the British Army active in the First and Second World Wars. In the early part of the Second World War, it was part of the defence forces of the United Kingdom, and later acted as a shadow formation for deception purposes.