Commander-in-Chief, Egypt

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British Army command military office

The Commander-in-Chief, Egypt was the senior British military post overseeing imperial forces and operations in Egypt during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt	3
Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force	1
Commander-in-Chief, Egypt canonical	1
Sirdar of the Egyptian Army	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army command ⓘ military office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Egypt ⓘ
associatedWith	Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ British occupation of Egypt ⓘ Suez Canal strategic defense ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime	early 20th century ⓘ
governs	deployment of British troops in Egypt ⓘ military operations in and from Egypt ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	British Army in the Middle East ⓘ surface form: British Army units in Egypt British military operations in Egypt ⓘ imperial garrison in Egypt ⓘ
hasDuty	command of British expeditionary forces operating from Egypt ⓘ coordination of imperial military policy in Egypt ⓘ defense of British interests in Egypt ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	British military installations in Egypt ⓘ training and readiness of British forces in Egypt ⓘ
hasRankOfOfficeHolder	general ⓘ senior British Army officer ⓘ
hasRole	operational commander of British forces in Egypt ⓘ overseer of imperial forces in Egypt ⓘ senior British military commander in Egypt ⓘ
historyPeriod	Anglo-Egyptian period ⓘ Edwardian era ⓘ late Victorian era ⓘ
inception	after British occupation of Egypt in 1882 ⓘ
isMilitaryPostType	overseas command ⓘ theater command ⓘ
location	Cairo ⓘ Egypt ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ British military presence in Egypt ⓘ imperial defense system in the Middle East ⓘ
replacedBy	other British Middle East command structures ⓘ
startTime	late 19th century ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of Suez Canal route ⓘ projection of British power in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
subordinateTo	Army Council ⓘ surface form: Army Council (United Kingdom) War Office ⓘ surface form: British War Office
typeOfCommand	overseas garrison command ⓘ territorial command ⓘ
usedBy	British Army ⓘ British Empire armed forces ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Kitchener → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Egypt ⓘ

Horatio Herbert Kitchener → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sirdar of the Egyptian Army

Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Henry Maitland Wilson

this entity surface form: General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt

1st Baron Wilson → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt

Edmund Allenby → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force

Noel Beresford-Peirse → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt