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

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