Desert Mounted Corps

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Desert Mounted Corps
Years active:	–
Country:	United Kingdom
Service:	British Army
Branch:	unknown
Type:	Formation
Specific type:	Corps (tactical)
Full size:	30000
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Created:
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Name1:	Desert Column
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Name1 End:	6/8/1917
Reason for change:	Re-organised into corps.
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Name2:	Desert Mounted Corps
Name2 Start:	6/8/1917
Name2 End:
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Disbanded:
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For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.

Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Parent unit:	Eastern Force, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, UK
Parent level:	Army Group
Start date:
End date:	12/8/1917
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Parent unit:	Egyptian Expeditionary Force, UK
Parent level:	Army
Start date:	12/8/1917
End date:	30/09/1918
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Theatre of war
Theatre name:	Egypt, Palestine and Syria
Date entered:
Date left:	30/09/1918
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Official sources

Unit war diaries

• The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/4475, Headquarters, (–)
• The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/4476, Headquarters, (–)
• The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/4475, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, (01/11/1916–30/09/1918)
• Australian War Memorial: AWM4 Subclass 1/64 (January 1917–August 1917) (images free for non-commercial use), General Staff

References

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