Ninth Army (United Kingdom)
Ninth Army | |
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Active | 1941–1945 |
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Type | Field army |
Part of | Middle East Command |
Engagements | Second World War |
The Ninth Army was a field army formation of the British Army during the Second World War, formed on 1 November 1941 by the renaming of Headquarters, British Troops Palestine and Transjordan.[1] The Ninth Army controlled British and Commonwealth land forces stationed in the eastern Mediterranean.[2]
One of the formations that served under Headquarters British Troops Palestine and Transjordan and the Ninth Army was 1st Cavalry Division, which became 10th Armoured Division on 1 August 1941. Among other formations under British Troops Palestine and Transjordan were 7th Infantry Division, 8th Infantry Division (1939–1940), HQ Jerusalem Area (3 September 1939 – 31 October 1941), HQ Lydda Area (3 September 1939 – 31 October 1941) and HQ British Troops Cyprus (15 January 1940 – 31 December 1941).
Commanders[]
- General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson (October 1941 – September 1942)[3]
- Lieutenant-General Sir William George Holmes (September 1942 - February 1945)[3]
References[]
- ^ "HQ British Troops Palestine and Transjordan". Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
- ^ "History and Commanders of 9 Army [British Commonwealth]". Archived from the original on 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
- ^ a b "Commanders of the 9th Army". Archived from the original on 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
- Military units and formations established in 1941
- Field armies of the United Kingdom
- Field armies of the United Kingdom in World War II
- Military units and formations of the British Empire in World War II