III Corps

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III Corps was a major field formation of the British Army that served in key campaigns during the First and Second World Wars.

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III Corps canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army corps
allegiance British Crown
battle Battle of Cambrai (1917)
linked to: Battle of Cambrai

Battle of Mons
Battle of Passchendaele
Battle of the Somme
First Battle of Ypres
German Spring Offensive
Hundred Days Offensive
commander Lieutenant-General William Pulteney
conflict First World War
linked to: World War I

Second World War
linked to: World War II
country United Kingdom
disbandedAfter Second World War
linked to: World War II
engagedAgainst German Army
German Empire
Imperial German Army
Nazi Germany
formedIn August 1914
garrison Aldershot Command
higherCommand British Expeditionary Force (World War I)
Home Forces (World War II)
militaryBranch British Army
notableCommander Charles Monro
Montagu C. Butler
William Pulteney
notableFor participation in early British Expeditionary Force operations
service in both World Wars
service on the Western Front in World War I
partOf British Expeditionary Force
reformedIn September 1939
role field corps headquarters
tactical command of divisions
status disbanded
subordinateUnit 28th Division
2nd Division
4th Division
50th (Northumbrian) Division
6th Division
theatre Western Front
type corps-level formation
worldWarIITheatre Home Forces
Western Europe

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