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