British Egyptian Expeditionary Force

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field army military formation

The British Egyptian Expeditionary Force was a British-led military formation in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, responsible for major campaigns in Sinai, Palestine, and surrounding regions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Egyptian Expeditionary Force	10
British Egyptian Expeditionary Force canonical	4
British Expeditionary Force	1
Egyptian Expeditionary Force (under British control)	1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	field army ⓘ military formation ⓘ
activeDuring	1916 ⓘ 1917 ⓘ 1918 ⓘ
alliedWith	Australian Imperial Force ⓘ Dominions of the British Empire ⓘ Egyptian Army ⓘ France ⓘ Indian Army ⓘ New Zealand Expeditionary Force ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	EEF ⓘ
basedIn	Egypt ⓘ
commander	Archibald Murray ⓘ Edmund Allenby ⓘ
commandStructure	British Troops in Egypt ⓘ surface form: British Empire military forces in Egypt
conflict	World War I ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateFormed	1916 ⓘ
disbanded	1919 ⓘ
engagement	Battle of Beersheba (1917) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Beersheba Battle of Jerusalem ⓘ Battle of Magdhaba ⓘ Battle of Megiddo (1918) ⓘ Battle of Mughar Ridge ⓘ Battle of Nablus ⓘ surface form: Battle of Nablus (1918) Battle of Rafa ⓘ Battle of Romani ⓘ Battle of Sharon (opening phase) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Sharon (1918) Capture of Aleppo (1918) ⓘ Battle of Megiddo (1918) ⓘ surface form: Capture of Damascus (1918) Battle of Gaza ⓘ surface form: First Battle of Gaza Battle of Gaza ⓘ surface form: Second Battle of Gaza Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ surface form: Sinai and Palestine Campaign Battle of Gaza ⓘ surface form: Third Battle of Gaza
formedFrom	Forces in Egypt ⓘ Mediterranean Expeditionary Force ⓘ
garrison	Egypt ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Cairo ⓘ
includedFormation	10th (Irish) Division ⓘ 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division ⓘ surface form: 52nd (Lowland) Division 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division ⓘ surface form: 53rd (Welsh) Division 54th (East Anglian) Division ⓘ 60th (2/2nd London) Division ⓘ 74th (Yeomanry) Division ⓘ Anzac Mounted Division ⓘ Australian Mounted Division ⓘ Indian divisions ⓘ Yeomanry Mounted Division ⓘ
notableAction	advance from the Suez Canal across Sinai ⓘ capture of Jerusalem in 1917 ⓘ offensive leading to the collapse of Ottoman forces in Palestine and Syria ⓘ
notableCommander	General Sir Archibald Murray ⓘ Edmund Allenby ⓘ surface form: General Sir Edmund Allenby
opponent	German Empire ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
partOf	British Army ⓘ British Empire armed forces ⓘ surface form: British Empire forces
purpose	defence of the Suez Canal ⓘ offensive operations against Ottoman forces in Sinai and Palestine ⓘ
subordinateUnit	Desert Column ⓘ Desert Mounted Corps ⓘ XX Corps ⓘ XXI Corps ⓘ
theatreOfOperations	Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Mandatory Palestine ⓘ surface form: Palestine Sinai Peninsula ⓘ Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ surface form: Sinai and Palestine Campaign Syria ⓘ Transjordan ⓘ

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

Occupied Enemy Territory Administration → governingBody → British Egyptian Expeditionary Force ⓘ

Henry Rawlinson → partOf → British Egyptian Expeditionary Force ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Expeditionary Force

Sinai and Palestine campaign → involvedUnit → British Egyptian Expeditionary Force ⓘ