The British XIX Corps was a British infantry corps during

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History

British XIX Corps was formed in

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in February 1917 and fought at the

Battle of Passchendaele The Third Battle of Ypres (german: link=no, Dritte Flandernschlacht; french: link=no, Troisième Bataille des Flandres; nl, Derde Slag om Ieper), also known as the Battle of Passchendaele (), was a campaign of the First World War, fought by t ...

in Autumn 1917. In Spring 1918 it was driven back 20 miles in five days and found itself in disarray. By November 1918 the Corps, as an element of Second Army, was one of the most northerly British military formations in France.

Order of battle on 11 November 1918

Prior to the armistice, the corps was on the Second Army's left, with the 41st Division on the left, 35th in the centre and 31st on the right. It was composed of the following units, the 35th Division having been transferred from the

II Corps 2nd Corps, Second Corps, or II Corps may refer to: France * 2nd Army Corps (France) * II Cavalry Corps (Grande Armée), a cavalry unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars * II Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French ...

on 3 November 1918: * 41st Division (Major General Lawford) * 31st Division (Major General Campbell) * 35th Division (Major General Marinden) *Corps Troops **V/XIX Heavy Trench Mortar Battery **19 Cyclist Battalion **XIX Corps Signal Company

General Officers Commanding

Commanders included: * February 1917 – November 1918 Lieutenant General

Herbert Watts Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Edward Watts (14 February 1858 – 15 October 1934) was a British Army officer who commanded 7th Division and later XIX Corps during the First World War. Early military career Watts was born on 14 February 1858, ...

The Bedfordshire Regiment in the Great War
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:19 Corps British field corps Corps of the British Army in World War I