XV Corps (United Kingdom)
{{Short description|British infantry corps during World War I}}
{{About|the United Kingdom Army unit|other units of the same name|XV Corps (disambiguation){{!}}XV Corps}}
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|dates=1915–18
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- Battle of the Somme 1916
- Battle of Bazentin Ridge
- Battle of Delville Wood
- Battle of Guillemont
- Battle of Ginchy
- Battle of Flers-Courcelette
- Battle of Morval
- Battle of Le Transloy
- German retreat to the Hindenburg Line
- Operation Hush
- Battle of the Lys
- Second Battle of the Lys
- Advance in Flanders
- Final Advance in Flanders
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XV Corps was a British infantry corps during World War I.
World War I
XV Corps was formed in Egypt on 9 December 1915 and then reformed in France on 22 April 1916 under Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Horne. It took part in the Battle of the Somme in 1916.
=Order of battle on 11 November 1918=
Prior to the armistice, the corps halted on the Schelde on 10 November 1918. It was composed of the following units, the 36th Division having been transferred from the X Corps on 9 November 1918:{{cite web|last1=Watson|first1=Graham|title=British Second Army, 11th November 1918|url=http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/uk/secondarmy1918.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929235241/http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/uk/secondarmy1918.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 September 2011|access-date=12 January 2018|date=29 September 2011}}
- 14th (Light) Division (Major General Skinner)
- 40th Division (Major General Peyton)
- 36th (Ulster) Division (Major General Coffin)
- 3rd Cavalry Division (Major General Harmon)
- Corps Troops
- V/XV Heavy Trench Mortar Battery
- 15th Cyclist Bn
- XV Corps Signal Company
General Officers Commanding
Commanders included:
- 12 January – 12 April 1916 Lieutenant-General Henry Horne[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/HORNE.shtml Henry Horne at Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]
- 22 April – 29 September 1916 Lieutenant-General Henry Horne
- 29 September 1916 – 12 April 1918 Lieutenant-General Sir John Du Cane[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/CANE.shtml John Du Cane at Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]
- 12 April – November 1918 Lieutenant-General Sir Henry de Beauvoir De Lisle