V Corps

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V Corps was a major British Army field formation that saw significant action in both World Wars, commanding multiple divisions in large-scale operations.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
V Corps canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army corps ⓘ
alliance Allies of World War I ⓘ
Allies of World War II ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fifth Corps (United Kingdom) ⓘ
battle Advance to the Seine ⓘ
Battle of Cambrai (1917) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Cambrai

Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ
Battle of the Somme ⓘ
Italian Front operations 1917–1918 ⓘ
Normandy campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Normandy

Northwest Europe campaign 1944–1945 ⓘ
Operation Bluecoat ⓘ
Operation Epsom ⓘ
Operation Overlord ⓘ
conflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country United Kingdom ⓘ
designation V Corps ⓘ
formedIn First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
garrisonLabel Corps headquarters ⓘ
higherCommand 21st Army Group ⓘ
British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
notableCommander Brian Horrocks ⓘ
Gerard Bucknall ⓘ
Sir Edmund Allenby ⓘ
linked to: Edmund Allenby

Sir Herbert Plumer ⓘ
Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien ⓘ
notableFor commanding multiple divisions in large-scale operations in both World Wars ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
role field corps headquarters ⓘ
service World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
subordinateUnit British 19th (Western) Division ⓘ
British 3rd Division ⓘ
British 50th (Northumbrian) Division ⓘ
British 51st (Highland) Division ⓘ
British 53rd (Welsh) Division ⓘ
British 7th Armoured Division ⓘ
British 7th Division ⓘ
British 8th Division ⓘ
British Guards Armoured Division ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Italian Front ⓘ
Northwest Europe ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
type field corps ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Commander, V Corps → partOf → V Corps ⓘ
Gerard Bucknall → commanded → V Corps ⓘ
V Corps → designation → V Corps ⓘ