This website has grown out of the Facebook page 'Egyptian Expeditionary Force in WW1'. Like that page, it goes far beyond the strict limits of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF), which was created as Britain's field army in Egypt in March 1916. It also covers all of those service personnel who came before, serving in Egypt from 1914 onwards, as well as those who served with the Ottoman forces. It also covers the non-military aspects of the war, although to a lesser extent, and the social, political and economic effects of the war in Egypt and the Ottoman lands in Palestine, Syria and the Trans-Jordan ('the Levant').
This page is dedicated to highlighting the experiences of these millions, so often over looked in the traditional narratives of the First World War. However, you will not find very much about the Arab Revolt, which has been widely covered elsewhere.
Kaiser Wilhelm II referred to Egypt and the Suez Canal as 'the jugular vein on the British Empire'.
This page is dedicated to highlighting the experiences of these millions, so often over looked in the traditional narratives of the First World War. However, you will not find very much about the Arab Revolt, which has been widely covered elsewhere.
Kaiser Wilhelm II referred to Egypt and the Suez Canal as 'the jugular vein on the British Empire'.
