Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force

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The Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force was the senior British military command responsible for directing operations in the Mesopotamian campaign during the First World War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army command
First World War military command
military position
appliesToJurisdiction British Empire
commandedUnit Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
conflict World War I
surface form: First World War

Mesopotamian campaign (World War I)
surface form: Mesopotamian campaign
country United Kingdom
endTime 1918
establishedFor conduct of operations in the Mesopotamian campaign
firstHolder Sir John Nixon
garrison Baghdad
Basra
hasDuties coordination with British Government and India Office
logistical oversight of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
overall command of British and Indian forces in Mesopotamia
planning and directing military operations in Mesopotamia
historicalPeriod early 20th century
location Iraq
Mesopotamia
militaryBranchContext land forces
notableCommander Frederick Stanley Maude
surface form: Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude

Lieutenant-General Sir John Nixon
Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Lake
Sir William Marshall
surface form: Lieutenant-General Sir William Marshall
opponent Ottoman Army
Ottoman Empire
oversawBattle Capture of Baghdad (1917)
surface form: Fall of Baghdad (1917)

Battle of Kut
surface form: Siege of Kut
partOf British Army
British Indian Army
Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
reasonForEstablishment to provide unified senior command in Mesopotamia
relatedTo British Indian Army operations in the Middle East
British military administration in Mesopotamia
serviceBranch British Army
British Indian Army
startTime 1914
subordinateTo War Office
surface form: British War Office

Commander‑in‑Chief, India
surface form: Commander-in-Chief, India
successorRole British military command in Iraq after 1918
theatreOfOperations Baghdad Governorate
surface form: Baghdad region

Basra Governorate
surface form: Basra region

Tigris–Euphrates river system
usedLanguage English

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William Marshall (British Army officer) positionHeld Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Lake positionHeld Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
subject surface form: Percy Lake