I Corps (United Kingdom)
I Corps was an army corps in existence as an active formation in the British Army for most of the 80 years from its creation in World War I until the end of the Cold War, longer than any other corps. It had a short-lived precursor during the Waterloo Campaign.
Read more about I Corps (United Kingdom): Napoleonic Precursor, Prior To World War I, World War I, British Army of The Rhine, General Officers Commanding
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