British Armed Forces in World War I

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The British Armed Forces in World War I were the military forces of the United Kingdom and its empire that fought primarily against the Central Powers from 1914 to 1918, playing a crucial role on the Western Front and in several other global theaters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization in a specific war ⓘ
alliedWith Belgian Army in World War I ⓘ
French Army in World War I ⓘ
Italian Army in World War I ⓘ
Russian Army in World War I ⓘ
United States Armed Forces in World War I ⓘ
alsoKnownAs British military in the First World War ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Kitchener's Army ⓘ
Naval blockade of Germany ⓘ
Pals battalions ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime 1918 ⓘ
engagedInBattle Battle of Cambrai (1917) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Cambrai

Battle of Jutland ⓘ
Battle of Loos ⓘ
Battle of Mons ⓘ
Battle of Neuve Chapelle ⓘ
Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ
Battle of the Marne ⓘ
Battle of the Somme ⓘ
Gallipoli campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gallipoli

Mesopotamian campaign ⓘ
Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ
followedBy British Armed Forces in World War II ⓘ
garrisonedIn British India ⓘ
British Isles ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
includesBranch British Army ⓘ
Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
introducedPractice expanded use of military aviation for reconnaissance and combat ⓘ
large-scale use of tanks in warfare ⓘ
systematic use of creeping barrage artillery tactics ⓘ
mobilizationType mass conscript and volunteer army ⓘ
notableCommander David Beatty ⓘ
Douglas Haig ⓘ
Horatio Kitchener ⓘ
John French ⓘ
John Jellicoe ⓘ
opposedTo Central Powers ⓘ
partOf Allied Powers in World War I ⓘ
British Empire military forces ⓘ
precededBy British Armed Forces in the pre–World War I era ⓘ
recruitmentMethod conscription ⓘ
voluntary enlistment ⓘ
startTime 1914 ⓘ
supportedBy Dominion forces of Australia in World War I ⓘ
Dominion forces of Canada in World War I ⓘ
Dominion forces of New Zealand in World War I ⓘ
Dominion forces of South Africa in World War I ⓘ
Forces of British India in World War I ⓘ
theaterOfOperations African theatre of World War I ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Italian Front ⓘ
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ
Naval war in the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Naval war in the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Naval war in the North Sea ⓘ
Salonika Front ⓘ
linked to: Balkan Front

Western Front ⓘ
usedAircraft Handley Page O/400 ⓘ
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 ⓘ
Sopwith Camel ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ
usedWeapon Lee–Enfield rifle ⓘ
Lewis gun ⓘ
Mark I tank ⓘ
QF 18-pounder field gun ⓘ
Vickers machine gun ⓘ

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

British Armed Forces in World War II → precededBy → British Armed Forces in World War I ⓘ
British VIII Corps → service → British Army in World War I ⓘ
linked to: British Armed Forces in World War I
British First Army → armedForce → British Army in World War I ⓘ
linked to: British Armed Forces in World War I
George Nathan → servedIn → British Army during World War I ⓘ
linked to: British Armed Forces in World War I
British Armed Forces in World War I → alsoKnownAs → British military in the First World War ⓘ
linked to: British Armed Forces in World War I
Repression of War Experience → hasAuthorMilitaryService → British Army in World War I ⓘ
linked to: British Armed Forces in World War I
Cimetière de la Rue-Petillon, Fleurbaix, France → associatedWith → British Empire forces in World War I ⓘ
linked to: British Armed Forces in World War I
Army Act 1911 → relevantFor → First World War era British Army ⓘ
linked to: British Armed Forces in World War I
Percy Toplis → partOf → British Army during World War I ⓘ
linked to: British Armed Forces in World War I