A Corps was either a temporary military formation created for combat, or an "administrative" formation that coordinated specialist military functions across a national military force. A combat Corps was composed of specialist units from various "administrative" Corps from combat arms, combat support arms and combat services. Combat Arms were
formation sized units from the Corps of infantry and armour, usually 2 or more divisions in strength. Combat Support Arms were smaller units from the Corps of artillery, engineers, signals, intelligence or reconnaissance. Combat Services were units from the Corps of medicine, general services, ordnance, pioneers, logistics and other more specialized functions. For example,
I Canadian Corps consisted of 1 infantry division, 1 armour division, 1 armour brigade and Corps Troops (20 plus companies from the Corps of engineers, signals, medicine, military police, etc...)
Military formations within the British Empire were composed of a changing mix of units from across Britain, its colonies and the dominions. As a result, military formations within the Empire and Commonwealth are not easily attributable to specific Imperial or national entities and naming conventions do not necessarily correlate with modern country names.
^An authoritative source for New Zealand administrative corps from 1911-1991 is Malcolm Thomas and Cliff Lord, Parts One/Two "New Zealand Army Distinguishing Patches 1911-1991,"
ISBN0-473-03288-0.
^An authoritative source for New Zealand administrative corps from 1911-1991 is Malcolm Thomas and Cliff Lord, Parts One/Two "New Zealand Army Distinguishing Patches 1911-1991,"
ISBN0-473-03288-0.
^Africa and the Second World War, editors David Killingray, Richard Rathbone, Macmillan, 1986
^War and Empire in Mauritius and the Indian Ocean, A. Jackson, Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2001
History of the Second World War (104 volumes), Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London 1949 to 1993
Official History of Australia in the War of 1939–1945 (22 volumes), Australian Government Printing Service, 1952 to 1977
Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War 1939-45 (24 volumes), Combined Inter-Services Historical Section, India & Pakistan, New Delhi, 1956-1966
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45, Historical Publications Branch, Wellington, New Zealand, 1965