Topic: AIF & MEF & EEF
Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1916
Part 3, IX Corps
As part of the Official British War History of the Great War, Captain Cyril Falls and Lieutenant General George MacMunn were commissioned to produce a commentary on the Sinai, Palestine and Syrian operations that took place. In 1928, their finished work, Military Operations, Egypt and Palestine - From the outbreak of war with Germany to June 1917, was published in London. Their book included Appendix 2 which specifically detailed the Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1916 and is extracted below.
MacMunn, G. & Falls, C., Military operations: Egypt and Palestine, (London 1930), pp. 381 - 382:
IX Corps
G.O.C. –
Major-General (temp. Lieut.-General) Sir F. J. Davies, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.
Brigadier-General, General Staff –
Brevet Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) H. E. Street, C.M.G.
Brigadier-General, Royal Artillery -
Lieut.-Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) C. H. de Rougemont, M.V.O., D.S.O.
Chief Engineer -
Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) E.R. Bland.
Corps Troops.
Mounted Troops –
8th Mounted Brigade.
G.O.C –
Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) A. H. M. Taylor, D.S.O.
1/1st City of London Yeomanry;
1/1st County of London Yeomanry;
1/3rd County of London Yeomanry;
1/1st London Signal Troop;
"B" Battery, H.A.C.;
No. 9 Field Troop;
1/1st London Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance.
Signal Service -
"HH" and "KK" Cable Section.
London Pack Wireless Section.
Northern Wagon Wireless Section.
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Citation: Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1916, Part 3, IX Corps
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