VIII Corps (United Kingdom)

VIII Corps
Formation sign of VIII Corps as a field formation during the Second World War.[1]
Active	First and Second World Wars
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Field corps
Engagements	First World War[2] Gallipoli Battle of the Somme 1916 Second Battle of Arras 1918 Final Advance in Artois Second World War Operation Epsom Operation Jupiter Operation Goodwood Operation Bluecoat Operation Market Garden Operation Constellation Operation Plunder
Commanders
Notable commanders	Lt-Gen Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston Lt-Gen Sir Richard O'Connor
Insignia
Corps formation sign as a Corps District early in the Second World War.[1]
Corps formation sign during the First World War.[3]

VIII Corps was a British Army corps formation that existed during the First and Second World Wars. In the latter, it took part in the Normandy Campaign in 1944, where it was involved in Operation Epsom and Operation Goodwood. It would later play a supporting role in Operation Market Garden and finish the war by advancing from the Rhine to the Baltic Sea.