The Ninth Army was a formation of the British Army during World War II

British Army during World War II

The British Army during the Second World War was, in 1939, a volunteer army, that introduced limited conscription in early 1939, and full conscription shortly after the declaration of war with Germany. During the early years of the war, the army suffered defeat in almost every theatre in which it...

, formed on 1 November 1941 by the re designation of Headquarters, British Troops Palestine

Palestine

Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....

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

One of the formations that served under both Headquarters British Troops Palestine and Transjordan and Ninth Army was 1st Cavalry Division, which became 10th Armoured Division 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 (03-Sep-1939 31-Oct-1941), HQ Lydda Area (03-Sep-1939 31-Oct-1941), and HQ British Troops Cyprus (15-Jan-1940 31-Dec-1941).

Commanders

• General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
  Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson
  Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, GCB, GBE, DSO , also known as "Jumbo" Wilson, saw active service in the Second Boer War and First World War, and became a senior British general in the Middle East and Mediterranean during the Second World War...
  
  
• Lieutenant-General Sir William George Holmes
  William Holmes (British Army officer)
  Lieutenant-General Sir William George Holmes KBE CB DSO was a British general of the Second World War.-Early life:Holmes was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, and the Royal Military Academy.-Army service:...