XIII Corps was formed on 12 November 1915.
Headquarters locations
- Formation: Doullens
- 30 November 1915: Domart-en-Ponthieu
- 30 December 1915: Vignacourt
- 6 February 1916: Heilly
- 29 April 1916: Corbie
- 27 June 1916: Chipilly
- 22 July 1916: Etinehem
- 15 August 1916: Domart-en-Ponthieu
- 4 October 1916: Couin
- 29 November 1916: Acheux
- 12 January 1917: Doullens
- 20 March 1917: La Beuvrière
- 12 April 1917: Ecoivres
- 1 April 1918: Bryas
- 24 April 1918: Ferfay
- 26 September 1918: Villers-Bocage
- 1 October 1918: Bussu Wood (J.7.a.5.5) near Aizecourt-le-Haut
- 9 October 1918: Ronssoy
- 13 October 1918: Elincourt
- 5 November 1918: Le Cateau
- 11 November 1918: Maroilles
- 8 December 1918: Caudry (remained there until at least the end of July 1919)
Commanding Officers
Lieutenant-General Walter N. Congreve VC (wounded 12 June 1917)
17 June 1917: Lieutenant-General Frederick W. N. McCracken
March 1918: Lieutenant-General Sir Henry de Beauvoir de Lisle (transferred to XV Corps)
April 1918: Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Morland
Battles and Engagements
The Battles Nomenclature Committee of 1921 defined XIII Corps as participating in the following:
Fourth Army
The Battles of the Somme, 1916:
The Battle of Albert (1-13 July 1916) including the capture of Montauban
The Battle of Bazentin (14-17 July 1916)
Fifth Army
The Battle of the Ancre (1-18 October 1916)
First Army
The First Battle of the Scarpe (9-14 April 1917)
The Second Battle of the Scarpe (23-24 April 1917)
The Battle of Arleux (28-29 April 1917)
The Third Battle of the Scarpe (3-4 May 1917) and the capture of Oppy Wood (28 June 1917)
First Army
The First Battles of the Somme, 1918:
The First Battle of Arras, 1918 (28 March 1918)
Fourth Army
The Battles of the Hindenburg Line:
The Battle of the St. Quentin Canal (29 September – 2 October 1918)
The Battle of Beaurevoir (3-5 October 1918)
The Battle of Cambrai, 1918 (8-9 October 1918)
Fourth Army
Later operations:
The pursuit to the Selle (9-12 October 1918)
The Battle of the Selle (17-25 October 1918)
The Battle of the Sambre (4 November 1918) including the passage of the Sambre-Oise Canal