General Officer Commanding Palestine and Trans-Jordan

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British Army command appointment military position

The General Officer Commanding Palestine and Trans-Jordan was the senior British Army commander responsible for overseeing military forces and operations in the Palestine and Trans-Jordan region during the British Mandate period.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
General Officer Commanding Palestine and Trans-Jordan canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army command appointment ⓘ military position ⓘ
abolishedAfter	end of the British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British Mandate for Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Emirate of Trans-Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ Arab revolt in Palestine (1936–1939) NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
cooperatesWith	High Commissioner for Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Air Force Middle East Command NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Navy units in the Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ Trans-Jordanian government NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime	late 1940s ⓘ
follows	General Officer Commanding Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDuty	advising the British colonial administration on military matters ⓘ coordinating with the High Commissioner for Palestine ⓘ maintaining internal security in the mandate territories ⓘ overall command of British Army forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan ⓘ planning and directing military operations in Palestine and Trans-Jordan ⓘ
hasRankRequirement	lieutenant general ⓘ major general ⓘ
hasResponsibility	defence of British strategic interests in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ protection of key communication and supply routes through Palestine ⓘ security of British military installations in Palestine and Trans-Jordan ⓘ
hierarchicalSuperior	General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt ⓘ Middle East Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	British colonial rule in the Middle East ⓘ decolonisation of the Middle East ⓘ interwar period ⓘ
inception	British Mandate period NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Trans-Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander	Sir Archibald Wavell NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Henry Maitland Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir John Dill NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Robert Haining NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	British Army ⓘ British Forces in the Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Israeli military command structures in former mandate territory ⓘ Jordanian Armed Forces command in Trans-Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1920s ⓘ
subordinateUnit	British armoured units in the Middle East ⓘ British infantry units stationed in Palestine ⓘ Royal Air Force units in Palestine (for operational coordination) ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson → positionHeld → General Officer Commanding Palestine and Trans-Jordan ⓘ

subject surface form: Henry Maitland Wilson

1st Baron Wilson → positionHeld → General Officer Commanding Palestine and Trans-Jordan ⓘ