Archibald Murray

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British Army officer general human

Archibald Murray was a British Army general best known for leading early British operations in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, particularly in Egypt and Palestine.

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Label	Occurrences
Archibald Murray canonical	4

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer ⓘ general ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	United Kingdom ⓘ
appointedBy	Horatio Herbert Kitchener ⓘ surface form: Herbert Kitchener
awardReceived	Distinguished Service Order ⓘ Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ Order of the Medjidie ⓘ
birthDate	1860-04-23 ⓘ
birthPlace	Kingsclere, Hampshire, England ⓘ
burialPlace	Brookwood Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanded	13th Infantry Brigade ⓘ Eastern Command (United Kingdom) ⓘ British Egyptian Expeditionary Force ⓘ surface form: Egyptian Expeditionary Force
conflict	Mahdist War ⓘ Second Boer War ⓘ Third Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate	1945-01-21 ⓘ
deathPlace	London, England ⓘ
educatedAt	Cheltenham College ONNED1 ⓘ Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ
genre	military history ⓘ
memberOf	British Army general staff ⓘ surface form: British Army General Staff
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryRank	General ⓘ
notableFor	leading early British operations in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ reorganizing British forces in Egypt in 1916 ⓘ
notableWork	Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ surface form: British military operations in Egypt during World War I British military operations in Palestine during World War I ⓘ Early organization of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Tel el-Kebir ⓘ surface form: Battle of Tel el Kebir Nile Expedition ⓘ surface form: Nile Expedition (1884–1885) Second Boer War ⓘ surface form: Second Boer War operations in South Africa Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ surface form: Sinai and Palestine Campaign
partOf	British Expeditionary Force ⓘ British Egyptian Expeditionary Force ⓘ surface form: Egyptian Expeditionary Force
positionHeld	Adjutant-General to the Forces ⓘ Chief of Staff to the British Expeditionary Force ⓘ Chief of the General Staff ⓘ surface form: Chief of the Imperial General Staff Commander-in-Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force ⓘ General Officer Commanding, 2nd Army, Central Force ⓘ General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command ⓘ surface form: General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command
replacedBy	Edmund Allenby ⓘ
retirementYear	1922 ⓘ
serviceEntryYear	1879 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Sinai and Palestine campaign → commander → Archibald Murray ⓘ

British Egyptian Expeditionary Force → commander → Archibald Murray ⓘ

Battle of Gaza → commander → Archibald Murray ⓘ

Battle of Romani → commander → Archibald Murray ⓘ