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IV Corps was an army corps of the British Army formed in both the First World War and the Second World War. During the Second World War it served in Norway and Britain until Japan entered the war and India was threatened with attack, it was transferred to India. ==Prior to the First World War== In 1876 a Mobilisation Scheme for eight army corps was published, with '4th Corps' headquartered at Dublin and comprising the regular units of Irish Command, supported with militia. In 1880, it was organised as follows: * 1st Division (Dublin) * * 1st Brigade (Dublin) * * * 1st Bn. 22nd Foot (Dublin), 82nd Foot (Dublin), 3rd Bn. Rifle Brigade (Dublin) * * 2nd Brigade (Belfast) * * * Edinburgh Militia (Dalkeith), 1st Lanark Militia (Hamilton), 2nd Lanark Militia (Lanark) * * Divisional Troops * * * Highland Light Infantry Militia (Inverness), 3rd Dragoon Guards (Dublin), 19th Company Royal Engineers (Southampton) * * Artillery * * * O/3rd Brigade RA (Curragh) * 2nd Division (The Curragh) * * 1st Brigade (The Curragh) * * * 1st Bn. 16th Foot (Athlone), 38th Foot (The Curragh), 95th Foot (The Curragh) * * 2nd Brigade (The Curragh) * * * 1st West York Militia (Pontefract), 2nd West York Militia (York), 3rd West York Militia (Doncaster) * * Divisional Troops * * * 4th West York Militia (Leeds), 2nd Dragoon Guards (Dublin), 6th Company Royal Engineers (The Curragh) * * Artillery * * * P/3rd Brigade RA (The Curragh), K/2nd Brigade RA (Kilkenny), I/2nd Brigade RA (Athlone) * 3rd Division (Cork) * * 1st Brigade (Cork) * * * 1st Somerset Militia (Taunton), 2nd Somerset Militia (Bath), Hereford Militia (Hereford) * * 2nd Brigade (Limerick) * * * 1st Warwick Militia (Warwick), 2nd Warwick Militia (Leamington), Glamorgan Militia (Cardiff) * * Divisional Troops * * * 1st Bn. 7th Foot (Cork), 19th Hussars (Ballincollig), 18th Company Royal Engineers (Cork) * * Artillery * * * N/3rd Brigade RA (Clonmel), M/3rd Brigade RA (Limerick), H/2nd Brigade RA (Fermoy) * Cavalry Brigade (The Curragh) * * 2nd Dragoons (Dundalk), 7th Hussars (Cahir), 20th Hussars (Newbridge), I Battery B Brigade RHA (Ballincollig) * Corps Artillery * * H Battery B Brigade RHA (Newbridge), B Battery A Brigade RHA (Dublin), G Battery B Brigade RHA (Dublin) This scheme had been dropped by 1881.〔''Army List'' 1876–1881.〕 The 1901 Army Estimates (introduced by St John Brodrick when Secretary of State for War) allowed for six army corps based on the six regional commands: IV Corps was to be formed by Eastern Command with headquarters in London. It was to comprise 27 artillery batteries (18 Regular, 6 Militia and 3 Volunteer) and 25 infantry battalions (8 Regular, 8 Militia and 9 Volunteers).〔Dunlop.〕 Under Army Order No 38 of 1907 the corps titles disappeared, but Eastern Command continued to be a major administrative organisation, controlling two cavalry brigades and one infantry division (4th Division).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「IV Corps (United Kingdom)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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