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Corps
May 1940
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Corps in France, May 1940
(Attached units are in lime)
        I Corps      II Corps      III Corps     
Corps Headquarters I Corps      II Corps      III Corps     
   Corps Section Intelligence Corps I Corps      II Corps      III Corps     
   — Field Security Police Section      1, 3, 7, 19      4, 5, 8, 12, 20      17, 21, 22     
   — Air Intelligence Section      3      2, 8      5     
   Employment Platoon      2      5      10     
Corps Royal Artillery                     
   Headquarters, Corps Artillery      I Corps      II Corps      III Corps     
   Headquarters, Corps Medium Artillery      I Corps      II Corps      III Corps     
   Survey Regiment      1      2      3     
   Army Field Artiilery Regiment (25-pdr)      27      88      387th Bty/87 Fld Rgt     
   Army Field Artiilery Regiment (18-pdr)      140      60      5     
   Medium Regiment (6-inch howitzer)      3, 5      53, 59      56     
   Light Antiaircraft Regiment (23×40mm, 26×AAMG)      52      53      54 [1]
   Light Antaircraft Battery (40mm)      2      —            
Corps Infantry                     
   Machine Gun Battalion      2 Ches     
4 Ches     

7th Co/Ches 
6 A&SH 
2 Midx     
1st Co/17 Midx     
2 NF     

1st Co/8 Midx 
4 Gdn 
9/Man     
   Infantry (Pioneer) Battalion      6, 7      8, 9      1/6 Bn     
Corps Royal Engineers I Corps      II Corps      III Corps     
Corps Royal Signals I Corps      II Corps      III Corps     
Corps Royal Army Medical Corps I Corps      II Corps      III Corps     
Corps Supply & Transport I Corps      II Corps      III Corps     
Corps Royal Army Ordnance Corps I Corps      II Corps      III Corps     
Royal Army Pay Corps                     
   Field Cash Office      1, 2, 3, 48      4, 5, 6      III Corps, 44     
Military Police                     
   Provost Company      102      103      104     
Corps Postal                     
   Corps Postal Unit      1      2      III Corps     
Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps                     
   AMPC Company      61      60      78     
   Headquarters, AMPC Group      12      11      —     
   — AMPC Company      44, 45      40, 42      —     
Corps Salvage                     
   Salvage Unit      1, 2, 3, 8      4, 5, 6, 13      7, 9, 12     
Miscellaneous                     
   Mobile Bath Unit      7      6      15     
   Reception Camp      1      2      3     
   Graves Registration & Enquiry Unit      —      —      2     
[1] Less 162nd Battery.
 
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Commander, Corps Royal Artillery Commander, Corps Medium Artillery Survey Regiment, RA Machine Gun Battalion Headquarters Corps Troops Engineers Corps Signals, RCS Supply and Transport Units, RASC Ordnance Units, RAOC Medical Units, RAMC