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British Expeditionary Force
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Expeditionary_Force
GPTKB entity
Statements (63)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:alliedWith
gptkb:French_Army
gptkb:Belgian_Army
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Sir_Douglas_Haig
gptkb:Sir_John_French
gptkb:Lord_Gort
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded
1940
gptkbp:formed
1914
gptkbp:garrison
gptkb:France
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
British Expeditionary Force
gptkbp:nickname
gptkb:Old_Contemptibles
gptkbp:notableCommander
gptkb:Sir_Charles_Fergusson
gptkb:Sir_Arthur_Currie
gptkb:Sir_Douglas_Haig
gptkb:Sir_John_French
gptkb:Sir_William_Watson
gptkb:Sir_William_Robertson
gptkb:Sir_Edmund_Allenby
gptkb:Sir_Henry_Rawlinson
gptkb:Sir_John_Monash
gptkb:Lord_Gort
gptkb:Sir_William_Birdwood
gptkb:Sir_Hubert_Gough
gptkb:Sir_Alexander_Godley
gptkb:Sir_Cameron_Shute
gptkb:Sir_Charles_Kavanagh
gptkb:Sir_Edward_Fanshawe
gptkb:Sir_George_Milne
gptkb:Sir_Henry_Horne
gptkb:Sir_Herbert_Plumer
gptkb:Sir_Ivor_Maxse
gptkb:Sir_John_Du_Cane
gptkb:Sir_Julian_Byng
gptkb:Sir_Richard_Haking
gptkb:Sir_Thomas_Morland
gptkb:Sir_Walter_Congreve
gptkb:Sir_William_Braithwaite
gptkb:Sir_William_Heneker
gptkb:Sir_William_Hickie
gptkb:Sir_William_Holmes
gptkb:Sir_William_Marshall
gptkb:Sir_William_Peyton
gptkb:Sir_William_Thwaites
gptkbp:notableEngagement
gptkb:Battle_of_Ypres
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Marne
gptkb:Battle_of_Dunkirk
gptkb:Battle_of_Mons
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Aisne
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Evacuation_from_Dunkirk
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:German_Army
gptkbp:parentOrganization
gptkb:War_Office
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:size
over 120,000 (WWI, initial deployment)
over 300,000 (WWII, at peak)
gptkbp:type
gptkb:military
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Second_Battle_of_the_Marne
gptkb:BEF
gptkb:Battle_of_Mons
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Somme_(1916)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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