XXIII Corps (United Kingdom)
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The British XXIII Corps was a British infantry corps during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

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History

British XXII Corps was formed in the UK in February 1918 as a Home Forces formation to reinforce units in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

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General Officers Commanding

Commanders included:
  • August 1918 - November 1918 Lieutenant General Edward Fanshawe
    Edward Fanshawe (British Army officer)
    Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Arthur Fanshawe KCB was a British Army general of the First World War, who commanded the 11th Division at Gallipoli and the V Corps on the Western Front during the Battle of the Somme, the Third Battle of Ypres, and the 1918 Spring Offensive...

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