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The British IX Corps was an army corps formation that existed during World War I and World War II. ==World War I== The IX Corps was originally formed in England in 1915 in readiness to make a new landing at Suvla during the Battle of Gallipoli. Headquarters was formed at the Tower of London〔(The British Corps of 1914-1918 at Long, Long Trail )〕〔Becke, pp. 185–91.〕 Command of the corps was given to Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Stopford.〔 His handling of the corps during the August Offensive warranted his replacement after only 9 days with Lieutenant-General Julian Byng. During the Gallipoli campaign the corps comprised the following divisions:〔(6 August 1915 Suvla Bay landings at Royal Munster Fusiliers website )〕 * 10th (Irish) Division * 11th (Northern) Division * 13th (Western) Division * 53rd (Welsh) Division * 54th (East Anglian) Division * 2nd Mounted Division * IX Corps Signals was provided by London District Signals, Royal Engineers〔〔Lord & Watson, p. 184.〕 Following the British evacuation of Gallipoli, the corps was moved to France in 1916,〔 where it was commanded by Alexander Hamilton-Gordon until he was relieved in 1918. After severe losses during the Battle of the Lys in April 1918 the corps was moved south to a quiet sector to reform. This sector was the unlucky target of the next German offensive, the Third Battle of the Aisne in May–June 1918, causing further losses to IX Corps. General Duchene, commander of the French Sixth Army, had deployed IX corps (five divisions) too far forward, on the Chemin des Dames ridge which had been gained at such cost in the Second Battle of the Aisne the previous year. (The French Commander-in-Chief Petain and the Army Group Commander Franchet d’Esperey would have preferred the ridge to be lightly held and the main defence to be a battle zone between it and the Rive Aisne).〔Harris 2008, p477 〕 At the time of the Armistice the IX Corps was part of the Fourth Army. 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「IX Corps (United Kingdom)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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