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	5