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|caption=Formation sign of IV Corps during the Second World War.<ref>Cole p. 28</ref>
| dates = 1903–1919 1940–1945
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'''IV Corps''' was a [[corps]]-sized formation of the [[British Army]], formed in both the [[World War I|First World War]] and the [[World War II|Second World War]]. During the First World War the corps served on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] throughout its existence. During the Second World War it served in [[Norwegian Campaign|Norway]] and Britain until, after [[Imperial Japan|Japan]] entered the war and [[British Raj|India]] was threatened with attack, it was transferred there.

==Prior to the First World War==
In 1876 a Mobilisation Scheme for eight army corps was published, with '4th Corps' headquartered at [[Dublin]] and comprising the regular units of Irish Command, supported with militia. In 1880, it was organised as follows:
* 1st Division (Dublin)
** 1st Brigade (Dublin)
*** 1st Bn. [[Cheshire Regiment|22nd Foot]] (Dublin), [[82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)|82nd Foot]] (Dublin), 3rd Bn. [[Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)|Rifle Brigade]] (Dublin)
** 2nd Brigade ([[Belfast]])
*** [[Queen's Edinburgh Light Infantry Militia]] ([[Dalkeith]]), 1st Lanark Militia (Hamilton), 2nd Lanark Militia (Lanark)
** Divisional Troops
*** Highland Light Infantry Militia (Inverness), [[3rd Dragoon Guards]] (Dublin), 19th Company [[Royal Engineers]] (Southampton)
** Artillery
*** O/3rd Brigade [[Royal Artillery|RA]] ([[Curragh Camp|The Curragh]])
* 2nd Division (The Curragh)
** 1st Brigade (The Curragh)
*** 1st Bn. [[Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment|16th Foot]] ([[Athlone]]), [[38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot|38th Foot]] (The Curragh), [[95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot|95th Foot]] (The Curragh)
** 2nd Brigade (The Curragh)
*** 1st West York Militia ([[Pontefract]]), 2nd West York Militia ([[York]]), 3rd West York Militia ([[Doncaster]])
** Divisional Troops
*** 4th West York Militia ([[Leeds]]), [[2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)|2nd Dragoon Guards]] (Dublin), 6th Company Royal Engineers (The Curragh)
** Artillery
*** P/3rd Brigade RA (The Curragh), K/2nd Brigade RA ([[Kilkenny]]), I/2nd Brigade RA (Athlone)
* 3rd Division ([[County Cork|Cork]])
** 1st Brigade (Cork)
*** 1st Somerset Militia ([[Taunton]]), 2nd Somerset Militia ([[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]), Hereford Militia ([[Hereford]])
** 2nd Brigade ([[Limerick]])
*** 1st Warwick Militia ([[Warwick]]), 2nd Warwick Militia ([[Leamington Spa]]), Glamorgan Militia ([[Cardiff]])
** Divisional Troops
*** 1st Bn. [[Royal Fusiliers|7th Foot]] (Cork), [[19th Royal Hussars|19th Hussars]] ([[Ballincollig]]), 18th Company Royal Engineers (Cork)
** Artillery
*** N/3rd Brigade RA ([[Clonmel]]), M/3rd Brigade RA (Limerick), H/2nd Brigade RA ([[Fermoy]])
* Cavalry Brigade (The Curragh)
** [[Royal Scots Greys|2nd Dragoons]] ([[Dundalk]]), [[7th Queen's Own Hussars|7th Hussars]] ([[Cahir]]), [[20th Hussars]] ([[Newbridge, County Kildare|Newbridge]]), I Battery B Brigade [[Royal Horse Artillery|RHA]] (Ballincollig)
* Corps Artillery
** H Battery B Brigade RHA (Newbridge), B Battery A Brigade RHA (Dublin), G Battery B Brigade RHA (Dublin)

This scheme had been dropped by 1881.<ref>''Army List'' 1876–1881.</ref> The 1901 Army Estimates (introduced by [[William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton|St John Brodrick]] when [[Secretary of State for War]]) allowed for six army corps based on the six regional commands: IV Corps was to be formed by [[Eastern Command (United Kingdom)|Eastern Command]] with headquarters in London. It was to comprise 27 artillery batteries (18 Regular, 6 Militia and 3 Volunteer) and 25 infantry battalions (8 Regular, 8 Militia and 9 Volunteers).<ref name="Dunlop">Dunlop.</ref> Under Army Order No 38 of 1907 the corps titles disappeared, but Eastern Command continued to be a major administrative organisation, controlling two cavalry brigades and one infantry division ([[4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|4th Division]]).<ref name="Dunlop"/>

==First World War==
The Corps had its origin in a force operating independently in Belgium under the command of Lieut-Gen [[Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson|Sir Henry Rawlinson]]. It was transferred from War Office control to the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I)|BEF]] on 9 October 1914, and the BEF"s commander, [[Sir John French]], constituted it as IV Corps.<ref>''Official History: 1914'' Volume II, p.65.</ref> It bore part of the brunt of the defence in the early stages of the [[First Battle of Ypres]].<ref>[http://www.1914-1918.net/bat7.htm The Battles of Ypres ("First Ypres")]</ref> Initially it comprised the [[7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|7th Infantry Division]] and [[3rd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)|3rd Cavalry Division]], but these were transferred in late October. IV Corps was reconstituted on 6 November.<ref>''Official History: 1914'' Volume II, Appendix I.</ref> It then fought at the [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle]] and subsidiary actions, the [[Battle of Aubers Ridge]], and The [[Battle of Festubert]], the [[Battle of Loos]] and associated actions.

In 1916 the corps was commanded by [[Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet|Wilson]].
The corps was initially holding a stretch of five miles from Loos to just south of Givenchy, between Gough's [[I Corps (United Kingdom)|I Corps]] in the north and French IX Corps (part of [[Victor d'Urbal|d'Urbal]]'s [[Tenth Army (France)|Tenth Army]]) in the south. Wilson, noting the difference in quality between his divisions, took a keen interest in training and did much lecturing.<ref name="Jeffery 2006, pp 156-8">Jeffery 2006, pp 156–8</ref>

In March the British took over line from French Tenth Army. IV Corps was moved south of Givenchy, opposite [[Vimy Ridge]], which gave the Germans the advantage of height. 47th Division conducted effective mining operations on 3 May and 15 May. A surprise German attack on the evening of Sunday 21 May moved forward 800 yards, capturing 1,000 yards of the British front line. The subsequent counterattack failed and Wilson was almost "degummed" (relieved of command).<ref>Jeffery 2006, pp161–7</ref>

Wilson resisted pressure from Haig to conduct a limited attack until after 1 September. With another [[Battle of Flers-Courcelette|"Big Push"]] due on the Somme in September, Wilson's attack was postponed until October, and GHQ now wanted the whole of Vimy Ridge taken, which would mean a joint attack with [[XVII Corps (United Kingdom)|XVII Corps]]. Edmonds later wrote that Wilson's preparations had laid the foundations for the [[Battle of Vimy Ridge|successful capture of Vimy Ridge in April 1917]].<ref>Jeffery 2006, pp 168–71</ref> The attack at Vimy never took place as IV Corps was incorporated into [[Hubert Gough|Gough's]] Reserve Army, where it remained in reserve during the [[Battle of the Ancre]].

The corps also took part in the German [[Hundred Days Offensive|Retreat to the Hindenburg Line]], the [[Battle of Cambrai (1917)|Battle of Cambrai]] and associated actions, the [[Battle of the Somme|First Battles of the Somme]] and associated actions, the [[Second Battle of the Somme (1918)|Second Battle of the Somme]], the [[Battle of St. Quentin Canal]] and associated actions, and the final advance in Picardy.

===Composition in the First World War===
The composition of army corps changed frequently. Some representative orders of battle for IV Corps are given here.

'''Order of Battle at Ypres 10 November 1914:'''<ref>''Official History: 1914'', Volume II, Appendix I.</ref>

[[General officer commanding|General Officer Commanding]] (GOC): [[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-General]] [[Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson|Sir Henry Rawlinson]]
* [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier-General]], General Staff: R.A.K. Montgomery
* Brigadier-General, [[Royal Artillery]]: A.H. Hussey
* [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]], [[Royal Engineers]]: R.U.H. Buckland
* [[7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|7th Division]]
* [[8th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|8th Division]]

By the time of the battles of [[Battle of Aubers Ridge|Aubers Ridge]] and [[Battle of Festubert|Festubert]] (May 1915), IV Corps still had 7th and 8th Divisions under command, but had been reinforced by [[49th (West Riding) Infantry Division|49th (West Riding) Division]] of the [[Territorial Force]].<ref>''Official History 1915'', Volume II, Appendix 2.</ref>

'''Order of Battle in 1916'''

Once the era of trench warfare had set in on the Western Front (1915–17), the BEF left its army corps in position for long periods, so that they became familiar with their sector, while rotating divisions as they required rest, training, or transfer to other sectors.<ref>Sanders Marble, 'Offensive versus Subsidiary Attacks, 1916–1918: The British Expeditionary Force Balancing its Options', ''Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research'', Volume 87, No 351 (Autumn 2009).</ref> Thirteen different divisions passed through IV Corps during Wilson's eleven-month tenure, and only one, the [[47th (1/2nd London) Division|47th]], stayed for longer than six months.<ref name="Jeffery 2006, pp 156-8"/>

In December 1915 IV Corps consisted of [[1st Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|1st]] (formerly a regular division), 47th (London Territorials) and [[15th (Scottish) Infantry Division|15th (Scottish) Division]] and [[16th (Irish) Division]] (both [[Kitchener's Army|New Army]]). Wilson was impressed by the standard of training in the 15th but not the 16th. In the spring it lost 1st, 15th and 16th Divisions and gained [[2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|2nd]] (formerly a regular division) from Gough's [[I Corps (United Kingdom)|I Corps]]. IV Corps also gained [[23rd Division (United Kingdom)|23rd]] (New Army).<ref name="Jeffery 2006, pp 156-8, 161-71">Jeffery 2006, pp 156–8, 161–71</ref> At this time, with the army having recently grown tenfold in size, there was little in the way of formal ongoing assessment of officers' performance, so [[Hubert Gough|Gough]], the [[Fifth Army (United Kingdom)|Reserve Army]] commander, passed on his informal (and low) opinion of the 2nd Division GOC [[William George Walker|William G. Walker]], who was later relieved. (Wilson Diary 24 February 1916).<ref>Robbins 2005, p62</ref>

In early April the 23rd Division was taken away, and a number of guns with it. By August IV Corps contained two elite divisions, [[63rd (Royal Naval) Division]] and [[9th (Scottish) Division|9th]] (New Army), under [[William Furse|Bill Furse]] with [[Henry Hugh Tudor|Hugh Tudor]] as artillery commander. Some of IV Corps artillery was moved down to the Somme. Then the 63rd and 9th Divisions were taken away, then in October the whole Corps was transferred to Gough's Reserve Army on the Somme, although it was used as a holding formation rather than being deployed into the front line. At one point, by 18 October, IV Corps had no divisions at all.<ref name="Jeffery 2006, pp 156-8, 161-71"/>

During 1916, able staff officers were still in short supply and such men were poached from IV Corps and its component divisions by Rawlinson for Fourth Army HQ.<ref>Simpson 2006, p. 196</ref>

'''Order of Battle at the start of the final advance in Picardy (27 September 1918)'''<ref>''Official History: 1918'', Volume V, Appendix 1.</ref>

GOC: Lieutenant-General [[George Montague Harper|Sir Montagu Harper]]
* [[5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|5th Division]]
* [[37th Division (United Kingdom)|37th Division]]
* [[42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division|42nd (Eastern Lancashire) Division]]
* [[New Zealand Division]]

==Second World War==

===Norway===
The Corps was reformed in [[New Alresford|Alresford]] in [[Hampshire]] in February 1940<ref name=bmh>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/webeasycms/hold/uploads/bmh_document_pdf/IV-Corps-History-Personnel.pdf|title=IV Corps|publisher=British Military History|access-date=14 February 2016}}</ref> in anticipation of operations in [[Norway]], or perhaps [[Finland]] (part of a projected intervention in the Russo-Finnish [[Winter War]]). From March to May 1940 parts of the corps fought at [[Narvik]] and [[Trondheim]] in the [[Norwegian campaign]]. Its commander was Lieutenant General [[Claude Auchinleck]].<ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Norway/UK-NWE-Norway-11.html ''Official History: Norway'' p 169]</ref>

===Home Forces===
After the Norwegian campaign ended, the Corps first commanded most of the armoured reserves preparing to face the proposed German invasion of Britain ([[Operation Sea Lion]]), while the other corps headquarters which had been evacuated from Dunkirk in [[Operation Dynamo]] were reorganised. IV Corps was envisaged as a counter-attack force under Lieutenant-General [[Francis Nosworthy|Sir Francis Nosworthy]].<ref>Bryant: Alanbrooke diary 18 September 1940</ref> Once the danger of invasion was over, the corps was heavily involved in training and developing tactical doctrine. The corps was based at [[Guilsborough House]] near [[Northampton]] until August 1940 when it moved to [[Latimer House]] near [[Chesham]].<ref>Newbold, p. 367</ref>

'''Order of Battle Autumn 1940'''<ref>Farndale, Annex D.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120302090848/http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/home/page11.html 4 Corps at RA 1939–45.]</ref>
* [[2nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|2nd Armoured Division]] ''(16 June–4 August 1940)''<ref>Joslen, p. 16.</ref>
* [[42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division|42nd (East Lancashire) Division]] ''(9 September–6 November 1940)''<ref>Joslen, p. 68.</ref>
* [[43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division|43rd (Wessex) Division]] ''(19 June–5 November 1940)''<ref>Joslen, p. 70.</ref>
* [[31st Brigade (United Kingdom)|31st Independent Brigade Group]] ''(1 August 1940–15 February 1941)''<ref>Joslen, p. 279.</ref>
* HQ [[Royal Artillery]]
** 154th ([[Leicestershire Yeomanry]]) Army Field Regiment<ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/field/page154.html 154 (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA (TA)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112064908/http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/field/page154.html |date=12 January 2015 }}</ref>
** 67th Medium Regiment<ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/med/page30.html 67 Medium Regiment RA (TA)]</ref>

===Iraq===
In January 1942 the Corps headquarters was dispatched to Iraq,<ref name=bmh/> as part of [[Middle East Command]]. Its commander was Lieutenant General [[Thomas Corbett (Indian Army officer)|Thomas Corbett]]. In 1942, Corbett was appointed Chief of Staff of Middle East Command and Lieutenant General [[Noel Irwin]] took over IV Corps.

===India / Burma===
Following the [[Japanese conquest of Burma]], several British divisions from Britain and the Middle East, and IV Corps headquarters, were deployed to India. Once in India, the skeleton formation was filled out with [[Indian Army Corps of Signals]] and line-of-communications units, and took over from the ''ad hoc'' Burma Corps headquarters, which was disbanded, at [[Imphal]] in Manipur in north-eastern India. It reported to the Eastern Army. The Corps adopted a badge of a charging elephant, in black on a red background.

In July 1942, Irwin was promoted to command Eastern Army. His successor in command of IV Corps was Lieutenant-General [[Geoffry Scoones]]. It was engaged in patrol activity as far as the [[Chindwin River]] and construction of airfields and roads. From late 1943, the Corps formed part of the newly created [[Fourteenth Army (United Kingdom)|Fourteenth Army]].

In 1944 the Japanese sought to disrupt Allied attacks into Burma by launching an attack of their own, codenamed [[Operation U-Go|U-Go]], against Imphal. This resulted in the epic [[Battle of Imphal]]. At the start of the battle the Corps consisted of the Indian [[17th Infantry Division (India)|17th]], [[20th Infantry Division (India)|20th]] and [[23rd Infantry Division (India)|23rd Divisions]], with the [[50th Parachute Brigade (India)|Indian 50th Parachute Brigade]] and [[254th Indian Tank Brigade]]. During the early stages of the battle, the [[5th Infantry Division (India)|5th Indian Division]] was flown into Imphal to join the corps.

The Corps was surrounded by Japanese forces but eventually defeated their attackers. Supplies and reinforcements were flown in to help the besieged troops, while casualties and non-combatants were flown out. The siege ended on 22 June, when troops from IV Corps met the relieving forces from [[XXXIII Corps (British India)|XXXIII Corps]] north of Imphal. From then until the [[monsoon]] ended later in the year, formations from IV Corps (the 5th Indian Division and the newly arrived [[11th (East Africa) Division|11th East African Division]]) cleared the Japanese from east of the Chindwin, and established several bridgeheads across the river.

In November 1944, as the rains ended, Fourteenth Army prepared to make a decisive attack into Central Burma. Lieutenant General Scoones was appointed to ''Central Command'', an army-level headquarters in India, and replaced in charge of IV Corps by Lieutenant-General [[Frank Messervy]]. In preparation for the offensive, several divisions were organised as motorised and air-portable formations.

The offensive began with IV Corps on the left of Fourteenth Army, led by the newly arrived [[19th Infantry Division (India)|19th Indian Division]]. It became apparent that the Japanese had fallen back behind the [[Irrawaddy River]]. The 19th Division was transferred to XXXIII Corps and IV Corps was switched to the right flank of the Army, advancing down the Gangaw valley west of the Chindwin, led by the East African 28th Infantry Brigade and an ad-hoc infantry formation, the [[Lushai Brigade]]. In late February, the [[7th Indian Infantry Division]] won bridgeheads over the Irrawaddy. The motorised 17th Indian division, with the [[M4 Sherman]] tanks of the [[255th Indian Tank Brigade]], followed up through these bridgeheads and struck deep into Japanese occupied territory to capture the vital transport and supply centre of [[Meiktila]]. Reinforced by troops landed at the airfields near the town, it defended against Japanese counter-attacks during March.

Following the Japanese defeat in Central Burma, Fourteenth Army was reorganised. IV Corps now commanded the motorised 5th and 17th Indian Divisions, the 19th Indian Division (which remained on a mixed animal and motor transport establishment) and the 255th Tank Brigade. During April, the 5th and 17th Divisions alternated in the lead of the final drive on [[Yangon|Rangoon]] down the [[Sittang River]] valley, while the 19th Division secured the corps' line of communications. By the start of May when the monsoon began, the Corps had been held up {{convert|40|mi|km}} from Rangoon. Rangoon was captured by an amphibious landing [[Operation Dracula]], having been abandoned by its garrison.

Shortly after the fall of Rangoon, IV Corps was withdrawn from the control of Fourteenth Army and placed under the newly activated [[British Twelfth Army|Twelfth Army]]. Temporarily commanded by Lieutenant-General [[Francis Tuker]], it was responsible for mopping up the remaining Japanese forces in Burma until the end of the war including the [[Battle of the Sittang Bend|defeat of a large break-out]] in the [[Pegu Yoma]]. The Corps was deactivated shortly after the end of hostilities.

==General Officers Commanding==
Commanders have included:<ref>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf Army Commands] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |date=5 July 2015 }}</ref>
* 1 April 1903: General [[Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell|the Lord Grenfell]]<ref>{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=27545|page=2527|date=21 April 1903}}</ref>
* 6 June 1904: General [[Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen|the Lord Methuen]]<ref>{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=27684|page=3711|date=10 June 1904}}</ref> (4th Army Corps was renamed [[Eastern Command (United Kingdom)|Eastern Command]] 1 June 1905)
* Oct 1914 – Dec 1915 Lieutenant-General [[Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson|Henry Rawlinson]]<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35690?docPos=2 Henry Rawlinson at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]</ref>
* Dec 1915 – end 1916 Lieutenant-General [[Henry Hughes Wilson|Henry Wilson]]<ref>Jeffery 2006, Chapter 9</ref>
* 1916–1918 Lieutenant-General [[Charles Woollcombe]]<ref>[http://www.1914-1918.net/bat21.htm The Cambrai operations]</ref>
* Mar 1918 – Jun 1919 Lieutenant-General [[George Montague Harper|George Harper]]<ref>[http://www.reubique.com/harper.htm Biography of General Sir George Harper]</ref><ref>{{Cite ODNB|title=Harper, Sir George Montague (1865–1922), army officer|id=33719}}</ref>
* Feb 1940 – May 1940 Lieutenant-General [[Claude Auchinleck]]
* Jul 1940 – Nov 1941 Lieutenant-General [[Francis Nosworthy]]
* Jan 1942 – Mar 1942 Lieutenant-General [[Thomas Corbett (Indian Army officer)|Thomas Corbett]]
* Apr 1942 – Jul 1942 Lieutenant-General [[Noel Irwin]]
* Aug 1942 – Dec 1944 Lieutenant-General [[Geoffry Scoones|Sir Geoffry Scoones]]
* Dec 1944 – Jul 1945 Lieutenant-General [[Frank Messervy|Sir Frank Messervy]]
* Jul 1945 – Aug 1945 Lieutenant-General [[Francis Tuker|Sir Francis Tuker]]<ref>[http://www.ordersofbattle.com/PersonData.aspx?PerX=1243 Orders of Battle]</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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* Bryant, Sir Arthur, ''The Turn of the Tide: Based on the War Diaries of Field Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke'', London: Collins, 1957.
*{{cite book|last1=Cole|first1=Howard|title=Formation Badges of World War 2. Britain, Commonwealth and Empire|date=1973|publisher=Arms and Armour Press|location=London}}
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* Dunlop, Col John K., ''The Development of the British Army 1899–1914'', London: Methuen, 1938.
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* {{cite book
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* {{cite book
|series=History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence |title=Military Operations France and Belgium, 1918: March–April: Continuation of the German Offensives |volume=II |last1=Davies |first1=C. B. |last2= Edmonds |first2=J. E. |last3=Maxwell-Hyslop |first3=R. G. B. |year=1937 |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |edition=IWM & Battery Press 1995 |isbn=0-89839-223-3}}
* Gen Sir [[Martin Farndale]], ''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941'', Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996, {{ISBN|1-85753-080-2}}.
* {{cite book |last=Jeffery |first=Keith |title=Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson: A Political Soldier |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-19-820358-2}}
* JPS Cigarette card series, ''Army, Corps and Divisional Signs 1914–1918'', John Player and sons, 1920s.
* Latimer, Jon ''Burma: The Forgotten War'', London: John Murray, 2004 ({{ISBN|0-7195-6576-6}})
* {{cite web |url=https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/files/2928115/DX199711.pd |title=British planning and preparations to resist invasion on land, September 1939 - September 1940|last1=Newbold |first1=David John |publisher=King's College, University of London |access-date=1 August 2015}}
* {{cite book |last= Robbins |first=Simon |title=British Generalship on the Western Front |publisher= Routledge |location=Abingdon |year=2005 |isbn=0-415-40778-8}}
* {{cite book |last=Simpson |first=Andy |title=Directing Operations: British Corps Command on the Western Front 1914–18 |publisher=Spellmount |location=Stroud |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-86227-292-7}}
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==External links==
* [http://www.1914-1918.net/index.htm ''The Long Long Trail'']
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Norl way/index.htm ''Official history: Norway'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806195614/http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.html ''Royal Artillery 1939–45'']
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/eastcom.htm globalsecurity.org]
* {{oob unit | id = 6942 | name = IV Corps }}

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