Mediterranean Expeditionary Force

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The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force was a British-led World War I field army formed to conduct the Gallipoli Campaign and related operations in the eastern Mediterranean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army formation ⓘ
field army ⓘ
areaServed Aegean Sea ⓘ
Dardanelles ⓘ
Gallipoli Peninsula ⓘ
belligerent Allied Powers ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses heavy casualties ⓘ
conflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedAfter evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula ⓘ
endTime 1916 ⓘ
formedFor capturing Constantinople ⓘ
conducting amphibious operations against the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
conducting the Gallipoli landings ⓘ
securing the Dardanelles Strait ⓘ
hasCommander General Sir Ian Hamilton ⓘ
linked to: Sir Ian Hamilton

Lieutenant General Sir Charles Monro ⓘ
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Lawrence Kitchener ⓘ
Lieutenant General Sir William Birdwood ⓘ
linked to: William Birdwood
headquartersLocation Imbros ⓘ
Mudros ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Chunuk Bair ⓘ
Battle of Gully Ravine ⓘ
Battle of Krithia ⓘ
Battle of Lone Pine ⓘ
Battle of Sari Bair ⓘ
Battle of Scimitar Hill ⓘ
Battle of the Nek ⓘ
notableFor multinational composition of British, Australian, New Zealand, French, and Indian troops ⓘ
notableOperation Allied landings at Anzac Cove ⓘ
Allied landings at Cape Helles ⓘ
Gallipoli evacuation ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gallipoli

Suvla Bay landings ⓘ
opposedBy German Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
outcome Allied evacuation of Gallipoli ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gallipoli
partOf British Army ⓘ
reorganizedInto Salonika front forces ⓘ
startTime 1915 ⓘ
subordinateUnit 29th Division ⓘ
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ⓘ
British Territorial Force units ⓘ
French Corps expéditionnaire d’Orient ⓘ
Indian Expeditionary Force G ⓘ
Royal Artillery units ⓘ
Royal Engineers units ⓘ
Royal Naval Division ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Gallipoli Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gallipoli

Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ
eastern Mediterranean ⓘ

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Australian and New Zealand Army Corps → partOf → Mediterranean Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Ian Hamilton → commanded → Mediterranean Expeditionary Force ⓘ
British Egyptian Expeditionary Force → formedFrom → Mediterranean Expeditionary Force ⓘ
13th (Western) Division → servedIn → Mediterranean Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Allied command structure at Gallipoli → hasSubordinateCommand → Mediterranean Expeditionary Force ⓘ
New Zealand and Australian Division → partOf → Mediterranean Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Zion Mule Corps → operatedUnder → Mediterranean Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Frederick Stopford → partOf → Mediterranean Expeditionary Force ⓘ
British IX Corps → subordinateTo → Mediterranean Expeditionary Force ⓘ
British IX Corps → higherFormation → British Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli) ⓘ
linked to: Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
Charles Monro → commanded → Mediterranean Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Egyptian Expeditionary Force → predecessor → Mediterranean Expeditionary Force ⓘ
subject linked to: EEF