IX Corps

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IX Corps was a British Army corps-level formation that served in major campaigns during the First and Second World Wars.

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Label Occurrences
IX Corps canonical 3
IX Corps (United States) 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army corps
alliance Allies of World War I
Allies of World War II
associatedWith 21st Army Group
British Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders
conflict First World War
linked to: World War I

Second World War
linked to: World War II
country United Kingdom
engagement Advance into Germany 1945
linked to: Rhine 1945

Battle of Loos
Battle of Messines 1917
Battle of the Scheldt
Battle of the Somme
Crossing of the Rhine 1945
Italian Campaign of World War I
Operation Market Garden
Rhineland Campaign
linked to: Rhineland campaign

Third Battle of Ypres
era 20th century
formedIn World War I
garrisonLabel Headquarters
hasDesignation 9th Corps
languageOfName English
militaryBranch British Army
militaryFunction operational command of multiple divisions
militaryRole field corps
militaryUnitSize corps
nickname IX Corps
notableCommander Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks
Lieutenant-General John Crocker
Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon
Lieutenant-General Sir Ivor Maxse
notableFor participation in major operations in North-West Europe in 1944–1945
service on the Western Front in World War I
partOf British Expeditionary Force
serviceNumber IX
status disbanded
subordinateTo First Army
Second Army
theatreOfOperations Italian Front
North-West Europe
linked to: Northwest Europe

Western Front
type field formation
usedIn World War I
World War II
usedRomanNumeralDesignation true

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Referenced by (4)

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

3rd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment hasParentUnit IX Corps (United States)
linked to: IX Corps
IX Corps (India) abbreviation IX Corps
IX Corps nickname IX Corps