Cyclone303 Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Hello all, After reading in some places it has been said that XXX Corps is an Armoured Corps, is this so or is it a Staff Corps? Also is XXX Corps all ranks of officer or just higher ones? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Car_Commander Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 A Corps in the British Army is a collection of Divisions, normally a mix of Armoured and Infantry. XXX Corps was no different. Very often the exact structure of a Corps will change as the need arises. If you are asking about XXX Corps at the time of Operation Market Garden, then the Corps consisted of: XXX Corps 1944-1945 shoulder flash.jpg XXX Corps[edit] Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks 2nd Household Cavalry Regiment Guards Armoured Division - Major-General A. H. S. Adair 2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion Welsh Guards[1] 5th Guards Armoured Brigade: 2nd Armoured Battalion Grenadier Guards 1st Armoured Battalion Coldstream Guards 2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards 1st Motorised Battalion Grenadier Guards 32nd Guards Brigade: 5th Battalion Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion Welsh Guards 3rd Battalion Irish Guards 1st Independent Machine Gun Company (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) 55th Field Regiment Royal Artillery 153rd Field Regiment Royal Artillery 21st Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery 94th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery 14th Field Squadron Royal Engineers 615th Field Squadron Royal Engineers 148th Field Park Squadron Royal Engineers 11th Bridging Troop Royal Engineers Guards Armoured Division Postal Unit Royal Engineers 310th Armoured Brigade Company Royal Army Service Corps 224th Infantry Brigade Company Royal Army Service Corps 535th Infantry Brigade Company Royal Army Service Corps 5th Guards Armoured Brigade Workshop Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 32nd Guards Brigade Workshop Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 19th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps 128th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps 8th Guards Field Dressing Station Royal Army Medical Corps 60th Field Hygiene Section Royal Army Medical Corps 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division - Major-General Ivor Thomas 129th Infantry Brigade: 4th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry 4th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment 130th Infantry Brigade: 4th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment 7th Battalion Hampshire Regiment 214th Infantry Brigade: 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 5th Battalion The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 7th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment (Machine Guns) 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment Reconnaissance Corps 94th Field Regiment Royal Artillery 112th Field Regiment Royal Artillery 179th Field Regiment Royal Artillery 59th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery 110th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery 13th Bridging Platoon Royal Engineers 204th Field Company Royal Engineers 207th Field Park Company Royal Engineers 260th Field Company Royal Engineers 553rd Field Company Royal Engineers 16th Airfield Construction Group Royal Engineers 43rd (Wessex) Division Postal Unit Royal Engineers 54th Company Royal Army Service Corps 504th Company Royal Army Service Corps 505th Company Royal Army Service Corps 506th Divisional Company Royal Army Service Corps 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division - Major-General D. A. H. Graham; On September 18, the division was transferred to VIII Corps 2nd Battalion The Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun) 69th Infantry Brigade: 5th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment 6th Battalion Green Howards 7th Battalion Green Howards 151st Infantry Brigade: 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry 231st Infantry Brigade: 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment 7th Battalion Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment (Machine Guns) 74th Field Regiment Royal Artillery 90th Field Regiment Royal Artillery 124th Field Regiment Royal Artillery 102nd Anti-Tank Regiment (The Northumberland Hussars), Royal Artillery 25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 233rd Field Company Royal Engineers 501st Field Company Royal Engineers 505th Field Company Royal Engineers 235th Field Park Company Royal Engineers 50th (Northumbrian) Division Postal Unit Royal Engineers 8th Armoured Brigade - Brigadier E. G. Prior-Palmer Royal Netherlands Brigade 'Prinses Irene' - Colonel A. de Ruyter van Steveninck (Taken straight from Wikipedia) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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