54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 3rd Survey Regiment III Corps Troops Royal Engineers 213th, 214th, 217th Army Field Companies 293rd Corps Field Park Company 514th Corps Field Survey Company Infantry—Machine Gun 7th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 1/9th Battalion, Manchester Regiment 1st Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment, Middlesex Regiment After commanding forces in the United Kingdom during late 1940, from the Old Rectory in Whitchurch, Shropshire within Western Command, the corps was used for deception purposes. It eventually ended up being transferred to Persia and Iraq Command as part of the British Tenth Army, under General Sir Edward P. Quinan. It took command of a number of formations there, including the British 5th Infantry Division. On 16 October 1944 it became the headquarters for Lieutenant-General Ronald Scobie for operations in the Greek Civil War: at this point it received operational formations. Forces in Greece included 23rd Armoured Brigade. On 17 December 1944 it was redesignated HQ Land Forces and Military Liaison (Greece). General Officers Commanding Commanders have included: From 1901 to 1905 the commander of the troops in Ireland was also commander 3rd Army Corps. 1 October 1901: General the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn 10 May 1904: General Lord Grenfell 5 August 1914 – 16 February 1918 Lieutenant-General William Pulteney 16 February – 26 February 1918 Major-General R. P. Lee (acting) 26 February – 11 August 1918 Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Butler 11 August – 11 September 1918 Lieutenant-General Sir A. J. Godley (temporary) 11 September 1918 Lieutenant General Sir Richard Butler 1939 – June 1940 Lieutenant-General Ronald Adam June–November 1940 Lieutenant-General James Marshall-Cornwall 1940 – 1943 Lieutenant-General Desmond Anderson December 1943 – December 1944 Lieutenant-General Ronald Scobie Notes References Lt-Col Ewan Butler & Maj J.S. Bradford, The Story of Dunkirk, (London, nd). Col John K. Dunlop, The Development of the British Army 1899–1914, (London 1938). JPS Cigarette card series, Army, Corps and Divisional Signs 1914–1918, John Player and sons, 1920s. Martin Middlebrook The First Day on the Somme (London, Allen Lane, 1971). Official History 1914: Brigadier-General Sir James E. Edmonds, Military Operations France and Belgium, 1914: Mons, the Retreat to the Seine, the Marne and the Aisne, August–October 1914 3rd revised edn 1933 (reprint Imperial War Museum, 1992) (). Official History 1939-40: Ellis, Major L.F., History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The War in France and Flanders 1939-1940, London: HMSO, 1954. External links