The Ninth Army was a field army formation of the

British Army during the Second World War At the start of 1939, the British Army was, as it traditionally always had been, a small volunteer professional army. At the beginning of the Second World War on 1 September 1939, the British Army was small in comparison with those of its enem ...

, formed on 1 November 1941 by the renaming of Headquarters, British Troops

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and Transjordan. The Ninth Army controlled British and Commonwealth land forces stationed in the eastern

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. One of the formations that served under Headquarters British Troops Palestine and Transjordan and the Ninth Army was 1st Cavalry Division, which became

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on 1 August 1941. Among other formations under British Troops Palestine and Transjordan were 7th Infantry Division, 8th Infantry Division (1939–1940), HQ Jerusalem Area (3 September 1939 – 31 October 1941), HQ Lydda Area (3 September 1939 – 31 October 1941) and HQ British Troops Cyprus (15 January 1940 – 31 December 1941).

Commanders

*General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson (October 1941 – September 1942) *Lieutenant-General Sir William George Holmes (September 1942 - February 1945)

References

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