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XIX Corps (United Kingdom)

Field	Value
unit_name	XIX Corps
image	XIX Corps WW1.svg
image_size	150px
caption	XIX Corps formation badge.
dates	World War I
country
branch	[[File:Flag of the British Army.svg	23px]] British Army
type	Field corps
command_structure	Second Army
battles	World War I

Note

the United Kingdom Army unit

Battle of Passchendaele
Battle of the Somme 1918
Advance in Flanders
Final Advance in Flanders The British XIX Corps was a British infantry corps during World War I.

History

British XIX Corps was formed in France in February 1917 and fought at the Battle of Passchendaele in Autumn 1917. By November 1918 the Corps, as an element of Second Army, was one of the most northerly British military formations in France.

Order of battle on 11 November 1918

Prior to the armistice, the corps was on the Second Army's left, with the 41st Division on the left, 35th in the centre and 31st on the right. It was composed of the following units, the 35th Division having been transferred from the II Corps on 3 November 1918:

41st Division (Major General Lawford)
31st Division (Major General Campbell)
35th Division (Major General Marinden)
Corps Troops
- V/XIX Heavy Trench Mortar Battery
- 19 Cyclist Battalion
- XIX Corps Signal Company

General Officers Commanding

Commanders included:

February 1917 – November 1918 Lieutenant General Herbert Watts

References

[http://www.1914-1918.net/corps.htm The British Corps of 1914-1918]
In Spring 1918 it was driven back 20 miles in five days and found itself in disarray.[http://history.howstuffworks.com/world-war-i/world-war-i-in-19181.htm World War I in 1918]
(2 September 2001). "British Second Army, 11th November 1918".
"The Bedfordshire Regiment in the Great War".

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