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.

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V Corps canonical 5

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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

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