Egypt Command


























Egypt Command
British Troops in Egypt
Active 1882–1956
Country
 United Kingdom
Branch
 British Army
Type Command
Garrison/HQ Cairo

Egypt Command was a British military command. By the mid-1930s and throughout the Second World War the command's title had become British Troops in Egypt.



History


The command was established in the late 19th century after the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882.[1] The British Army remained in Egypt throughout the First World War and, after the War, remained there to protect the Suez Canal.[1] Following Egypt's independence in 1922, the United Kingdom and Egypt entered into a treaty in 1936 whereby British troops remained to protect the canal and to train the Egyptian Army.[1] After the Second World War anti-British resentment escalated and there was rioting in the streets in February 1946.[1] British troops left Egypt in June 1956 shortly before the Suez Crisis.[2]



Commanders


Commanders were as follows:[3]



  • 1899–1903 Major-General Sir Reginald Talbot

  • 1903–1905 Major-General John Slade

  • 1905–1908 Major-General George Bullock

  • 1908–1912 Major-General Sir John Maxwell

  • 1912–1914 Major-General Julian Byng

  • 1914–1915 Lieutenant-General Sir John Maxwell

  • 1915–1916 General Sir Charles Monro

  • 1916–1917 Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Murray

  • 1917–1919 Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby

  • 1919–1923 Lieutenant-General Sir Walter Congreve

  • 1923–1927 General Sir Richard Haking

  • 1927–1931 General Sir Peter Strickland

  • 1931–1934 General Sir John Burnett-Stuart

  • 1934–1938 General Sir George Weir

  • 1938–1939 Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson

  • 1939–1941 Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson

  • 1941–1941 Lieutenant-General Sir Richard O'Connor

  • 1941–1941 Lieutenant-General Sir James Marshall-Cornwall

  • 1941–1942 Lieutenant-General William Holmes

  • 1942–1944 Lieutenant-General Robert Stone

  • 1944–1948 Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Allfrey

  • 1948–1949 Lieutenant-General Richard Gale

  • 1949–1952 Lieutenant-General Sir George Erskine

  • 1952–1954 Lieutenant-General Sir Francis Festing

  • 1954–1956 Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Hull



References





  1. ^ abcd "British Troops in Egypt 1930 – 45". British Military History. Retrieved 23 August 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "The Suez Crisis". BBC. Retrieved 23 August 2014.


  3. ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2014.








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