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V Corps was an army corps of the British Army in both the First and Second World War. It was first organised in February 1915 and fought through World War I on the Western front. It was recreated in June 1940 and substantially reorganised in 1942 for participation in Operation Torch. ==Prior to the First World War== In 1876 a Mobilisation Scheme for the forces in Great Britain and Ireland, including eight army corps of the 'Active Army', was published. The '5th Corps' was headquartered at Salisbury comprising the units of Southern Command. In 1880, its order of battle was as follows: *1st Division (Salisbury) * *1st Brigade (Salisbury) * * *1st Bn. 8th Foot (Warley), 2nd Bn. 25th Foot (Plymouth) * *2nd Brigade (Salisbury) * * *Queen's Own Tower Hamlets Militia (London), King's Own Tower Hamlets Militia (Dalston), Wexford Militia (Wexford) * *Divisional Troops * * *North Devon Yeomanry (Barnstaple) *2nd Division (Warminster) * *1st Brigade (Warminster) * * *Monaghan Militia (Monaghan), Louth Militia (Dundalk), Longford Militia (Longford) * *2nd Brigade (Warminster) * * *Wiltshire Militia (Devizes), Buckinghamshire Militia (High Wycombe), Berkshire Militia (Reading) * *Divisional Troops * * *56th Foot (Portland), North Somerset Yeomanry (Bath) *3rd Division (Gloucester) * *1st Brigade (Gloucester) * * *South Gloucester Militia (Bristol), Oxford Militia (Oxford), North Gloucestershire Militia (Cirencester) * *2nd Brigade (Gloucester) * * *Shropshire Militia (Shrewsbury), Worcester Militia (Worcester) * *Divisional Troops * * *37th Foot (Pembroke), Gloucester Yeomanry (Badminton), Shropshire Yeomanry (Shrewsbury) *Cavalry Brigade (Yeovil) * *1st Dragoons (Manchester), 5th Lancers (Woolwich), 7th Dragoon Guards (Aldershot) * *Wiltshire Yeomanry (Marlborough), Dorset Yeomanry (Dorchester), West Somerset Yeomanry (Taunton) 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: V Corps was to be formed by Northern Command with headquarters in York. It was to comprise 27 artillery batteries (18 Regular, 6 Militia and 3 Volunteer) and 25 infantry battalions (4 Regular, 13 Militia and 8 Volunteers).〔Dunlop.〕 Under Army Order No 38 of 1907 the corps titles disappeared, but Northern Command continued to be a major administrative organisation.〔 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「V Corps (United Kingdom)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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