Richard III of England Richard III of England Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat at Bosworth Field, the last decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses, marked the end of the Middle Ages in England. He is the protagonist of "Richard III", one of William Shakespeare's history plays. When his brother King Edward IV died in April 1483, Richard was named Lord Protector of the realm
III Corps (United Kingdom) the Western Front throughout the Great War. The composition of army corps changed frequently. Some representative orders of battle for III Corps are given here. As initially constituted: General Officer Commanding: Major-General William Pulteney Order of Battle at start of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916: General Officer Commanding: Lieutenant-General Sir William Pulteney Order of Battle during the final advance in Artois, 8 October 1918: General Officer Commanding: Lieutenant-General Richard Butler During the Second World War, III Corps was formed in France under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald Forbes Adam to control forces of the British Expeditionary