The XV Corps was a corps -sized formation of the British Indian Army , which was formed in India during the Second World War . It took part in the Burma Campaign and was disbanded after the end of the war. While part of the British Indian Army, it included other commonwealth units, namely the 22nd and 28th East African Brigades. [1]
18-788: 15th Corps , Fifteenth Corps , or XV Corps may refer to: XV Corps (British India) XV Corps (German Empire) , a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World War I 15th Army Corps (Russian Empire) , a unit in World War I XV Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps , a unit of the Bavarian Army and the Imperial German Army during World War I XV Army Corps (Wehrmacht) , Germany XV Mountain Corps (Wehrmacht) , Germany XV Corps (India) XV Corps (Ottoman Empire) ,
36-558: A Japanese counter-attack had driven back the British and Indian troops. It proved too late to restore the situation with the exhausted troops, and the Corps fell back to the Indian frontier before the monsoon halted operations. On October 15, Slim was promoted to command Eastern Army (which subsequently became British Fourteenth Army ). His replacement was Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Christison . Under Fourteenth Army, XV Corps resumed
54-800: A number of roles in the Royal Artillery in France and Britain. There were then staff and administrative posts in the UK until 1935. In 1937, Beresford-Peirse was posted to India for "special duties" and subsequently he served two years as an instructor at the Senior Officers' School, Belgaum in India. He was Brigadier in the Royal Artillery , Southern India Command during 1939 and 1940 and Aide-de-Camp to King George VI in 1939 and 1940. At
72-689: A unit in World War I XV Corps (United States) , a unit in World War II XV Corps (Union Army) , a unit in the American Civil War XV Corps (United Kingdom) , a unit in World War I 15th Rifle Corps , a Soviet unit World War II XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps , a German unit in World War II 15th Airborne Corps , airborne corps of the Chinese Air Force 15th Tank Corps , tank corps of
90-536: A vital airfield), launched amphibious flanking moves to intercept and defeat the retreating Japanese troops, and subsequently captured the Burmese port of Taungup and the islands of Ramree and Cheduba. Finally, units of the Corps mounted Operation Dracula , an amphibious assault on Rangoon , the Burmese capital. Rangoon was found to have been abandoned by the Japanese. Following the capture of Rangoon, XV Corps
108-530: A wide area of eastern India and training its raw units. In July, Eastern Army took over direct control of operations in the Burmese coastal province of Arakan (a move which in hindsight proved to be unwise), and XV Corps HQ was transferred to Ranchi in Bihar , with a training and internal security role. On 5 April 1943, XV Corps was hastily summoned to Chittagong to resume control of operations in Arakan, where
126-504: The Battle of Surabaya . Noel Beresford-Peirse World War II Lieutenant-General Sir Noel Monson de la Poer Beresford-Peirse KBE , CB , DSO (22 December 1887 – 14 January 1953) was a British Army officer. Beresford-Peirse was the son of Colonel William John de la Poer Beresford-Peirse and Mary, daughter of Thomas Chambers of Aberfoyle, County Londonderry . He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and at
144-778: The Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and commissioned into the Royal Artillery . Beresford-Peirse was great-grandson to Adm. John Beresford , and a cousin to the Beresford-Peirse baronets . He was married three times. The first marriage (in 1912) was to Hazel Marjorie, daughter of J.A. Cochrane, Riverina , Australia . The marriage ended in divorce in 1924. The second marriage (in 1925) was to Jean, only child of Surgeon - Captain R.D. Jameson, CMG, RN. Jean died in 1926. In 1929 he married Katharine Camilla, daughter of Colonel James Morris Colquhoun Colvin , VC . All three marriages were childless. Beresford-Peirse
162-558: The Soviet Union's Red Army See also [ edit ] List of military corps by number 15th Army (disambiguation) 15th Division (disambiguation) 15th Group (disambiguation) 15th Wing (disambiguation) 15th Brigade (disambiguation) 15th Regiment (disambiguation) 15 Squadron (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about military units and formations which are associated with
180-600: The advance in Arakan towards the end of the year. In the early months of 1944, the Corps gained the first significant success against the Japanese in the South East Asia, when they defeated a Japanese offensive in an engagement which came to be known as the Battle of the Admin Box . After capturing the defended area of the Mayu Range, operations in the Arakan were curtailed to allow resources to be concentrated on
198-988: The beginning of the Second World War Beresford-Peirse was the Commander of Artillery for the Indian 4th Infantry Division , which at the time was based in Egypt . He was promoted to command the division in August 1940 and led it in North Africa ( Operation Compass ) and Sudan (the East African Campaign ). In March 1941 he was knighted via Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) and on 14 April 1941 he
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#1732773225287216-453: The central front in Assam . Fourteenth Army subsequently concentrated on the advance into Central Burma . XV Corps was removed from Fourteenth Army and directly subordinated to Allied Land Forces South East Asia so that the Corps could conduct an independent campaign through Arakan and down the coast of Burma. When the general offensive began in late 1944, XV Corps captured Akyab Island (with
234-535: The same title. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. [REDACTED] Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=XV_Corps&oldid=1179795406 " Category : Military units and formations disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages XV Corps (British India) When Japan entered
252-461: The war and drove British, Indian and Chinese forces from Burma in early 1942, XV Corps was formed from the Assam and Bengal Presidency District HQ on 30 March 1942, to defend Bengal , under the command of Eastern Army , which in turn was controlled by GHQ India . The Corps badge was an arrangement of three "V"s (signifying fifteen in Roman numerals) in black on a red background. Its first commander
270-732: Was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1907. He served in the First World War in, briefly, Egypt in 1914 then Mesopotamia back to Egypt and finally France and Belgium . He was Mentioned in Dispatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1918. After the First World War and after attendance at the Staff College, Camberley from 1924 to 1925, until 1929, he performed
288-460: Was Lieutenant General Noel Beresford-Peirse . On 9 June, Beresford-Peirse was appointed to command India's Southern Command (an army-level administrative HQ) and Lieutenant General William Slim , former commander of the disbanded Burma Corps , took over XV Corps. At this point, XV Corps HQ was at Barrackpur near Calcutta . The Corps had the multiple roles of defending Bengal and Orissa from Japanese invasion, maintaining internal security over
306-467: Was again subordinated to Fourteenth Army and was withdrawn from Burma to prepare for Operation Zipper , an amphibious assault to recapture Malaya . However, the operation was overtaken by the Japanese surrender, and XV Corps was disbanded on 1 October 1945. Its headquarters was redesignated HQ Netherlands East Indies Command. The Netherlands East Indies Command went on to conduct operations in Java, including
324-777: Was given command of the Western Desert Force (later redesignated XIII Corps ). He commanded the British forces in Sudan from October 1941 to April 1942 when he was put in command of the Indian XV Corps and then, from June 1942, the Southern Army in India until 31 March 1945. Beresford-Peirse was Welfare General of the India Command between April 1945 and 1946. He retired on 13 June 1947, joining
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