Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills
Page created 1 September 2000. Corrected and updated 29.12.2005
FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914-1918
Palestine
1917-1918
  Causes
  Chronology
  Results
  Forces & Casualties
  Commanders
  Battles & Battle Honours 		  Order of  Battle
  Campaign Medals
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   Causes

     

   Chronology (except battles, which see below)
 
 
 
   Results

     

   Forces and Casualties
 
 
peak forces
total forces
total dead
KIA
NCD
civilian dead
WIA
PW-MIA
  subtotal
  TOTAL
                   
   Commanders
 
Britain and Allies:
 
 
Ottoman Empire:
 
   
   
   
   Battles & Battle Honours
Index of Battle Honours
 
Date Battles
(Battle Honours are shown in bold face) 		Regiments
(regts with emblazoned Honours shown in bold;
non-honoured in italics)
Note: British battle honours were first awarded in Sep. 1922. After some corrections a "final list" was substituted in Feb. 1925. Indian Army awards were made in 1926-28.
South African awards were made in 1926 (amendments 1928 and 1931).
1917 Mar. 26-27 Gaza
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1917 Apr. 17-19 Gaza
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1917 Oct. 27-
   Nov. 7		 Gaza
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Gaza-Beersheba
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1917 Nov. 8 Huj
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1917 Nov. 13 El Mughar
Cav: Y2 Y4 Y5 Y15 Y21 Y23 Y24 Y26 Y27 Y31 Y46 Y47 Y48 Y49 Y56
Inf: F1 F2 F9 F12 F13 F16 F21 F22 F23 F25 F26 F35 F37 F39 F41 F48 F50 F57 F71 F91 Herf HAC L10 L11 L13 L14 L15 L16 L17 L18 L19 L20 L21 L22 L23 L24
Inf: 58 GR3
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Arty: 1 2 4
 
1917 Nov. 17-24 Nebi Samwil
Cav: Y2 Y4 Y5 Y15 Y21 Y23 Y24 Y26 Y27 Y31 Y46 Y47 Y49 Y56
Inf: F1 F2 F9 F11 F12 F13 F16 F21 F25 F26 F32 F37 F39 F47 F48 F62 F71 F91 L10 L11 L13 L14 L15 L16 L17 L18 L19 L20 L21 L22 L23 L24
Inf: 58 123 GR3
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Arty: 1 2 4
 
1917 Dec. 7-9,
1917 Dec. 26-30		 Jerusalem
Cav: Y2 Y6 Y7 Y8 Y13 Y16 Y18 Y19 Y24 Y28 Y29 Y30 Y31 Y32 Y33 Y36 Y41 Y42 Y43 Y44 Y45 Y48
Inf: F2 F3 F9 F11 F12 F13 F16 F18 F21 F22 F23 F27 F32 F35 F37 F39 F41 F42 F47 F48 F50 F53 F57 F62 F83 F87 F88 F100 F101 F102 Herf HAC L10 L11 L13 L14 L15 L16 L17 L18 L19 L20 L21 L22 L23 L24
Inf: 58 123 GR3
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1917 Dec. 21-22 Jaffa
Inf: F1 F9 F12 F16 F21 F25 F26 F37 F44 F47 F48 F71 F91 L10 L11
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1918 Feb. 19-21 Jericho
Cav: Y6 Y8 Y16 Y18 Y36 Y44 Y45
Inf: F2 F22 F23 F35 F41 F50 F53 F57 L13 L14 L16 L18 L19 L20 L21 L22 L23 L24
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1918 Mar. 21-
   1918 Apr. 11		 Jordan
Inf: F2 F57 HAC L13 L14 L15 L16 L17 L18 L19 L20 L21 L22 L23 L24
 
1918 Mar. 24-25,
1918 Apr.30-
   May 30		 Jordan (Es Salt)
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1918 Mar. 27-30 Jordan (Amman)
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1918 Mar. 8-12 Tell 'Asur
Cav: Y6 Y7 Y8 Y13 Y16 Y18 Y19 Y28 Y29 Y30 Y32 Y33 Y36 Y41 Y42 Y43 Y44 Y45
Inf: F2 F3 F9 F11 F12 F16 F18 F21 F22 F23 F27 F32 F35 F37 F39 F41 F42 F47 F48 F50 F53 F57 F83 F87 F88 F100 F101 F102 Herf L10 L11 L14 L16 L17 L21 L22 L23 L24
Inf: 58 123 GR3
Arty: 1 2 3 4 5
 
Megiddo
1918 Sep. 19-25 Megiddo
Cav: Y4 Y5 Y23 Y24 Y25 Y27 Y31
Inf: F2 F7 F9 F12 F13 F16 F17 F18 F23 F32 F37 F39 F41 F41 F42 F44 F48 F61 F63 F72 F87 F88 F100 HAC L10 L11 L13 L19
Cav: 2 6 L9 14 18 19 20 34 36 38
Engr: BSM MSM BySM
Inf: 20 23 28 29 38 46 47 50 51 53 56 58 59 72 74 91 92 93 97 101 105 123 124 125 127 129 Guides GR1 GR3 GR7 GR8
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Arty: 1 2 3 4 5
Inf: 1/Cape
 
1918 Sep. 19-25 Sharon
Cav: Y4 Y5 Y23 Y24 Y25 Y27
Inf: F2 F9 F12 F13 F16 F17 F32 F37 F39 F42 F44 F48 F62 F63 F72 F88 HAC L10 L11 L13 L19
Cav: 2 6 L9 14 18 19 20 34 36 38
Engr: BSM MSM BySM
Inf: 20 21 27 29 47 50 51 53 56 58 59 72 74 91 92 93 97 105 123 124 125 127 129 Guides GR1 GR3 GR7 GR8
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Arty: 1 2 3 4 5
 
1918 Sep. 19-25 Nablus
Cav: Y31
Inf: F7 18 F23 F41 F87 F100
Engr: BySM
Inf: 20 21 23 38 46 51 53 72 74 101 105 124 Guides
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1918 Oct. 1-26 Syria
Cav: Y12
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1918 Oct. 1 Damascus
Cav: Y4 Y5 Y23 Y24 Y25 Y27 Y31
Inf: F17 F42 HAC
Cav: 2 6 L9 14 18 19 20 34 36 38
Engr: BSM BySM
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1917 Mar. 26-
   1918 Oct. 31		 Palestine 1917-18
Cav: Y2 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8 Y13 Y15 Y16 Y18 Y19 Y21 Y23 Y24 Y26 Y27 Y28 Y29 Y30 Y31 Y32 Y33 Y36 Y41 Y42 Y43 Y44 Y45 Y46 Y47 Y48 Y49 Y56
Inf: F1 F2 F3 F9 F11 F12 F13 F16 F18 F21 F22 F23 F25 F26 F27 F32 F35 F37 F39 F41 F42 F44 F47 F48 F50 F53 F57 F62 F71 F83 F87 F88 F91 F100 F101 F102 HAC Herf L10 L11 L13 L14 L15 L16 L17 L18 L19 L20 F21 L22 L23 L24
Cav: Bhavnagar Hyderabad Mysore
Engr: MSM
Inf: Pnr3 By4 R6 FF13 GR3 Patiala1 Gwalior4 AlwarJeyPaltan Bahawalpur1 Khairpur
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Arty: 1 2 4
Inf: WIR BWIR
Palestine 1918
Cav: Y25
Inf: F7 F17 F63 F72
Cav: L2 H4 H9 L9 H14 H17 C18 L19 H21
Arty: 109 112 119 Engr: BSM BySM
Inf: Pnr2 P2 M5 P8 B10 S11 FF12 P14 P15 P16 D17 H19 GR1 GR7 GR8 Jodhpur Kashmir1 Kashmir3
Arty: 3 5 Inf: 1/Cape
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