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VII Corps was an army corps of the British Army active in the Second World War. In the early part of the Second World War it was part of the defence forces of the United Kingdom, and later acted as a shadow formation for deception purposes. ==Prior to the First World War== In 1876 a Mobilisation Scheme was published for the forces in Great Britain and Ireland, including eight army corps of the 'Active Army'. The '7th Corps' was to be headquartered at York, formed from Irish and English militia. In 1880 its order of battle was as follows: *1st Division (York) * *1st Brigade (York) * * *5th West York Militia (Knaresborough), 6th West York Militia (Halifax), Leicester Militia (Leicester) * *2nd Brigade (York) * * *North Down Militia (Newtownards), South Down Militia (Downpatrick), Dublin County (Dublin) * *Divisional Troops * * *106th Foot (Preston), Yorkshire Yeomanry (York) * *Artillery * * *N/2nd Brigade Royal Artillery (Coventry) *2nd Division (Northampton) * *1st Brigade (Northampton) * * *Northampton and Rutland Militia (Northampton), 1st Norfolk Militia (Norwich), 2nd Norfolk Militia (Yarmouth) * *2nd Brigade (Northampton) * * *Cambridge Militia (Ely), West Suffolk Militia (Bury St. Edmunds), West Essex Militia (Chelmsford) * *Divisional Troops * * *76th Foot (Sheffield), Southern Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Nottingham), Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Worksop) *3rd Division (Darlington) * *1st Brigade (Darlington) * * *North Lincoln Militia (Lincoln), South Lincoln Militia (Grantham), Nottingham Militia (Newark) * *2nd Brigade (Newcastle) * * *Hertford Militia (Hertford), Bedford Militia (Bedford), Huntingdon Militia (Huntingdon) * *Divisional Troops * * *36th Foot (Fleetwood), 2nd West York Yeomanry (Halifax) *Cavalry Brigade (Doncaster) * *6th Dragoons (Edinburgh), 21st Hussars (Leeds), 4th Dragoon Guards (York), 1st West York Yeomanry (Doncaster) This scheme had been dropped by 1881.〔''Army List'' 1876–1881.〕 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「VII Corps (United Kingdom)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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