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 First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

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 Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude ⓘ
Lieutenant-General Sir John Nixon ⓘ
Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Lake ⓘ
Lieutenant-General Sir William Marshall ⓘ
opponent Ottoman Army ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
oversawBattle Fall of Baghdad (1917) ⓘ
Siege of Kut ⓘ
linked to: Battle 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 British War Office ⓘ
linked to: War Office

Commander-in-Chief, India ⓘ
successorRole British military command in Iraq after 1918 ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Baghdad region ⓘ
linked to: Baghdad Governorate

Basra region ⓘ
linked to: Basra Governorate

Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ

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William Marshall (British Army officer) → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Percy Lake → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force ⓘ