The Egyptian Expeditionary Force

Expeditionary warfare

Expeditionary warfare is used to describe the organization of a state's military to fight abroad, especially when deployed to fight away from its established bases at home or abroad. Expeditionary forces were in part the antecedent of the modern concept of Rapid Deployment Forces...

(EEF) was formed in March 1916 to command the British

United Kingdom

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 and British Empire

British Empire

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 military forces in Egypt

Sultanate of Egypt

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 during World War I

World War I

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. Originally known as the 'Force in Egypt' it had been commanded by General Maxwell who was recalled to England. A month earlier General Archibald Murray

Archibald Murray

General Sir Archibald James Murray, GCMG, KCB, CVO, DSO was a British Army officer during World War I, most famous for his commanding the Egyptian Expeditionary Force from 1916 to 1917.-Army career:...

 had arrived in Egypt to take command of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force

Mediterranean Expeditionary Force

The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force was part of the British Army during World War I, that commanded all Allied forces at Gallipoli and Salonika. This included the initial naval operation to force the straits of the Dardanelles. Its headquarters was formed in March 1915...

; the force which had retired from Gallipoli at the end of 1915.

The Force in Egypt and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force were merged and renamed the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) with General Murray in command.