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Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1916
Part 15, Lines of Communication Defence Troops
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. 389 - 390:
Lines of Communication Defence Troops.
Mounted Troops -
Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade.
G.O.C. -
Major (temp. Brig.-General) M. H. Henderson.
Mysore Lancers;
1st Hyderabad Lancers;
Kathiawar Signal Troop;
124th Indian Cavalry Field Ambulance.
Infantry -
1st Garrison Battalion, Essex Regiment.
2nd Garrison Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers.
1st Garrison Battalion, Devonshire Regiment.
1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Scots (less 2 companies).
1st Garrison Battalion, Liverpool Regiment.
1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment.
19th Garrison Battalion, Rifle Brigade.
20th Garrison Battalion, Rifle Brigade.
21st Garrison Battalion, Rifle Brigade.
22nd Garrison Battalion, Rifle Brigade.
1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Khartoum).
Alexandria District.
G.O.C. -
Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) R. C. Boyle, C.B.
Coast Defence Artillery -
84th Siege Battery, R.G.A.
92nd Company, R.G.A., Mex Battery.
Ras el Tin Battery.
Silsileh Battery.
"Y" Battery Royal Malta Artillery.
Lines of Communication Units.
Headquarters, Inspector-General of Communications
Infantry -
1st Garrison Battalion, Notts and Derby Regiment.
1st Garrison Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.
2 Companies, 1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Scots (Cyprus).
Signal Service -
Nos. 12 and 23 Airline Sections.
Engineers -
13th Base Park Company, R.E.
46th Advanced Park Company, R.E.
3rd Lancashire Army Troops Company, R.E.
1/3rd Devon Army Troops Company, R.E.
No. 5 Siege Company, Royal Anglesea R.E.
Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 Egyptian Works Companies.
A.S.C. -
10th Australian Reserve Park.
Indian Mule Cart Corps.
Labour Companies -
Nos. 24 and 27 Egyptian Labour Corps.
Depot Units of Supply - Nos. 40, 41, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 62, 63, 65, 66, 104, 105, 136, 137, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 175, 176, 177, 178, 180, 182, 190, 191, 193, 194, 195, 200, 201, 202, 217, 218, 219, 220, 228, 229, 230, 231, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 265, 266, 268, 269, 270, 276, 360, 373, 374, 376, 377. Nos. 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 Australian.
Railway Supply Detachments -
Nos. 17 and 56, 1st and 11th Australian.
Field Bakeries -
29th, 36th, 40th, 42nd, 50th, 51st, 55th, 71st, 4th and 5th Australian.
Field Butcheries -
10th, 11th, 29th, 32nd, 40th, 42nd, 51st, 52nd, 4th and 5th Australian.
A.S.C. -
345th and 347th Mechanical Transport Companies, A.S.C.
Royal Naval S.A.A. Column (275th Company, A.S.C.).
No. 6 (Auxiliary) Transport Company A.S.C.
Base Horse Transport Depot (No. 137 Company, A.S.C.).
Base Mechanical Transport Depot (No 500 Company. A.S.C.).
Medical Units -
Nos. 18, 21, 22, 24, 29, 30, 31, 46, 52, 53, 54, 80, 89, 90, 91 and 93 Sanitary Sections.
Nos. 13, 24, 26, 53, 54, and 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Stations.
Nos. 15, 17, 19, 21, 27, 31, 3 Australian, New Zealand General Hospitals.
Nos. 16, 17 and 18, 1st and 2nd Australian, 1, 2 and 3 Canadian, and
Camel Transport Corps Depot Stationary Hospital.
Ordnance Units -
Nos. 11, 16, 26, 27, 31, 32, 38, 39, 47, 55 and 58 Companies, A.O.C.
No. 9 Company, A.O.C. (Egyptian Section).
3 Ordnance Travelling Workshops.
Veterinary Units -
Nos. 11, 17 and 18 Veterinary Sections.
Base Depot Veterinary Stores.
Advanced Base Depot Veterinary Stores.
Base Veterinary Hospital.
Nos. 16, 20, 21 and 22 Veterinary Hospitals.
Postal Units -
Advanced Base Post Office.
1 Base Postal Detachment and 11th Postal Detachment.
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