X Corps (United Kingdom)
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X Corps was a corps of the British Army that served in the First World War on the Western Front before being disbanded in 1919. The corps was re-formed in 1942 during the Second World War and saw service in the North African Campaign and the Italian Campaign where it came under command of the US Fifth Army and the British Eighth Army.
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X Corps | |
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Active | 1915–1919 1940–1945 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Corps |
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Notable commanders | Thomas Morland William Peyton Reginald Stephens William Holmes Herbert Lumsden Brian Horrocks Richard McCreery |
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Corps formation sign during the early part of the Second World War (first pattern).[1] | |
Corps formation sign during the First World War (an unaltered corps flag).[2] |
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