VIII Corps (United Kingdom)

It would later play a supporting role in Operation Market Garden and finish the war by advancing from the Rhine to the Baltic Sea.The main British battle front was at Cape Helles on the tip of the Gallipoli peninsula.From early December 1944 VIII Corps, was commanded by Lieutenant-General Evelyn Barker, and took part in Operation Plunder, crossing the Rhine 28 March 1945.Following the crossing, the corps was reactivated and allocated the 2nd Army’s right flank for the advance into Germany.The Corps crossed the Elbe Operation Enterprise at midnight 30 April advanced north east and occupied Plön in Schleswig-Holstein.
VIII CorpsUnited KingdomBritish ArmyGallipoliBattle of the SommeSecond Battle of ArrasFinal Advance in ArtoisOperation EpsomOperation JupiterOperation GoodwoodOperation BluecoatOperation Market GardenOperation PlunderAylmer Hunter-WestonRichard O'ConnorSecondBaltic SeaEdinburghNorthumberland MilitiaFermanagh Light Infantry MilitiaPrince of Wales's Own Donegal MilitiaAyrshire Yeomanry1st Durham MilitiaLanarkshire YeomanryEast York MilitiaNorth York Rifle Militia5th Royal Lancashire Militia6th Royal Lancashire Militia7th Royal Lancashire MilitiaNorthumberland and Newcastle YeomanryWestmorland and Cumberland YeomanrydivisionsFrancis Davies29th DivisionIX Corps42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division52nd (Lowland) Infantry DivisionRoyal Naval DivisionAustralian and New Zealand Army CorpsCorps of Royal Engineers254th Tunnelling CompanyXVIII Corps48th (South Midland) Divisions77th Infantry DivisionPyrland HallCheddon FitzpaineSomersetCornwallBristolSecond ArmyNormandy CampaignGuards Armoured DivisionXXX Corps11th Armoured Division15th (Scottish) Infantry DivisionXII Corps6th Guards Tank Brigade8th Army Group Royal Artillery61st (Caernarvon & Denbigh Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, RA63rd (Midland) Medium Regiment, RA77th (Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, RA146th (Pembroke & Cardiganshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, RA2nd Household Cavalry RegimentArgyll and Sutherland Highlanders121st (Leicestershire Regiment) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RAVIII Corps Troops, Royal EngineersJupiterGoodwoodBluecoatDeurneHelmondVenrayOperation ConstellationEvelyn BarkerSchleswig-Holstein4th Armoured BrigadeJewish Infantry Brigade7th Armoured Division22nd Armoured BrigadeSir Aylmer Hunter-WestonSir Frederick StopfordWilliam DouglasSir Francis DaviesHarold FranklynKenneth AndersonArthur Edward GrasettHerbert LumsdenSir Richard McCreeryJohn HardingSir Richard O'ConnorAllied Armies in ItalyBritish Expeditionary ForceEighthTwelfthFourteenthI Airborne1st Anti-Aircraft2nd Anti-Aircraft3rd Anti-AircraftCommonwealthWestern Desert ForceAldershotAllied Land Forces South East AsiaAnti-AircraftBritish Army of the RhineEast AfricaEasternFar EastGHQ IndiaLondonMalaya Middle EastNorthernNorthern IrelandPalestinePersia and IraqScottishSouth East AsiaSouthernWest AfricaWestern Allied Force HeadquartersDeceptionFirst Allied Airborne ArmySupreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force