cWW2 21st Indian Corps (Eastern Command) Formation Sign Printed Cloth Badge

c1942-43, XXI British Army Indian Corps (E.Comd).
Cloth printed rectangular badge with heraldic white horse on black background and white border. VGC.

Ref: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30076602

The corps was re-raised in Persia on 6 June 1942 as a formation of the Indian Army during World War II. The corps was commanded throughout its existence by Lieutenant General Mosley Mayne and was part of the Tenth Army. The corps, composed of the 8th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General Dudley Russell) and the British 56th Infantry Division (Major-General Eric Miles), was created as part of the Allied buildup of forces in Persia and Iraq to create Persia and Iraq Command in order to prevent a German invasion of the Caucasus. The invasion never occurred and the corps was disbanded on 24 August 1943.

Code: 224