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VIII Corps was a British Army corps formation that existed during the First and Second World Wars. In the latter, it took part in the Normandy Campaign in 1944, where it was involved in Operation Epsom and Operation Goodwood. It would later play a supporting role in Operation Market Garden and finish the war by advancing from the Rhine to the Baltic Sea. ==Prior to the First World War== In 1876, a Mobilisation Scheme was published for the forces in Great Britain and Ireland, which included eight army corps of the 'Active Army'. The '8th Corps' was to be headquartered at Edinburgh and was primarily militia formation. In 1880, its order of battle was as follows: *1st Division (Edinburgh) * *1st Brigade (Edinburgh) * * *Kerry Militia (Tralee), Northumberland Militia (Alnwick), Fermanagh Militia (Enniskillen) * *2nd Brigade * * *Antrim Militia (Belfast), Cavan Militia (Cavan), Donegal Militia (Lifford) * *Divisional Troops * * *50th Foot (Edinburgh), Ayrshire Yeomanry (Ayr) * *Artillery * * *O/2nd Brigade RA (Glasgow) *2nd Division (Glasgow) * *1st Brigade (Glasgow) * * *Highland Borderers Militia (Stirling), Highland Rifles Militia (Dingwall), Scottish Borderers Militia (Dumfries) * *2nd Brigade (Hamilton) * * *Cumberland Militia (Carlisle), 1st Durham Militia (Barnard Castle), 2nd Durham Militia (Durham) * *Divisional Troops * * *Queen's Own Lanarkshire Yeomanry (Glasgow) *3rd Division (Melrose) * *1st Brigade (Melrose) * * *East York Militia (Beverley), North York Militia (Richmond), Westmoreland Militia (Carlisle) * *2nd Brigade * * *5th Lancashire Militia (Burnley), 6th Lancashire Militia (Richmond), 7th Lancashire Militia (Bury) * *Divisional Troops * * *Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry (Newcastle) *Cavalry Brigade * *Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry (Penrith), Lanark Yeomanry (Lanark), East Lothian Yeomanry (Dunbar) 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「VIII Corps (United Kingdom)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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