V Corps | |
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Active | 1915–1919 1940–1945 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Corps |
Engagements | First World War:[2][3]
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Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Sir Herbert Plumer Sir Edmund Allenby Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe Sir Edward Fanshawe Cameron Shute Sir Claude Auchinleck Sir Bernard Montgomery Sir Edmond Schreiber Sir Charles Allfrey Sir Charles Keightley |
Insignia | |
Corps formation sign during the First World War.[4] |
V Corps was an army corps of the British Army that saw service in both the First and the Second World Wars. It was first organised in February 1915 and fought through the First World War on the Western front. It was recreated in June 1940, during the Second World War and was substantially reorganised in 1942 for participation in Operation Torch. It fought through the Tunisia Campaign and later the Italian Campaign.