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Appendix: Composition of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2023

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Listed here are the units involved in the Palestine campaign. The British also had large forces in Egypt, which provided the necessary logistic and administrative support for the army in the field, and held down Egypt itself.

L MARCH–APRIL 1917: FIRST AND SECOND BATTLES OF GAZA

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS

Commander-in Chief: General Sir Archibald Murray

Chief of Staff: Major General Sir A. Lynden-Bell

EASTERN FORCE

General Officer Commanding: Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Dobell

Imperial Camel Brigade: 3 battalions

Hong Kong and Singapore Camel Battery

Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade: Mysore Lancers; Hyderabad Lancers; Jodhpur Lancers; Kathiawar Signal Troop

52 (Lowland) Division (Major-General W. E. B. Smith)

155 Brigade: 1/4 and 1/5 Royal Scots Fusiliers; 1/4 and 1/5 King's Own Scottish Borderers

156 Brigade: 1/4 and 1/7 Royal Scots; 1/7 and 1/8 Scottish Rifles

157 Brigade: 1/5, 1/6 and 1/7 Highland Light Infantry; 1/5 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Divisional Troops: Royal Glasgow Yeomanry; 261, 262 and 263 Brigades, Royal Field Artillery

1 Dismounted Brigade: 1/1, 1/3 Scottish Horse; 1/1 Ayr Yeomanry; 1/1 Lanark Yeomanry

54 (East Anglian) Division (Major-General S. W. Hare)

161 Brigade: 1/4, 1/5, 1/6 and 1/7 Essex Regiment

162 Brigade: 1/5 Bedfordshire Regiment; 1/4 Northamptonshire Regiment; 1/10 and 1/11 London Regiments

163 Brigade: 1/4 and 1/5 Norfolk Regiment; 1/5 Suffolk Regiment; 1/8 Hampshire Regiment

74 (Yeomanry) Division (Major-General E. S. Girdwood)

229 Brigade: 16 Devonshire Regiment; 12 Somerset Light Infantry; 14 Royal Highlanders; 12 Royal Scots Fusiliers

DESERT COLUMN (Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Chetwode)

Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division (Major-General Sir Harry Chauvel)

1 Australian Light Horse Brigade: 1, 2 and 3 Light Horse Regiments

2 Australian Light Horse Brigade: 5, 6 and 7 Light Horse Regiments

New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade: Auckland, Canterbury and Wellington Mounted Rifle Regiments

22 Mounted Brigade: 1/1 Lincolnshire Yeomanry; 1/1 Staffordshire Yeomanry; 1/1 East Riding Yeomanry

Divisional Troops: Leicester, Somerset, Inverness and Ayr Batteries, Royal Field Artillery

Imperial Mounted Division (Major-General H. W. Hodgson)

3 Australian Light Horse Brigade: 8, 9 and 10 Light Horse Regiments

4 Australian Light Horse Brigade: 4, 11 and 12 Light Horse Regiments

5 Mounted Brigade: 1/1 Warwickshire Yeomanry; 1/1 Gloucestershire Yeomanry; 1/1 Worcestershire Yeomanry

6 Mounted Brigade: 1/1 Buckinghamshire Yeomanry; 1/1 Berkshire Yeomanry; 1/1 Dorsetshire Yeomanry

Divisional Troops: Notts and Berks Batteries Royal Horse Artillery 53 (Welsh) Division (Major-General A. G. Dallas)

158 Brigade: 1/5, 1/6 and 1/7 Royal Welch Fusiliers; 1/1 Herefordshire Regiment

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Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2006

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