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Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
Active1915–16
CountryMediterranean Expeditionary Force British Empire
EngagementsFirst World War
  • Gallipoli campaign
  • Macedonian front
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Sir Ian Hamilton (1915)
William Birdwood (1915)
Sir Charles Monro (1915–16)

The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF) was the part of the British Army during World War I that commanded all Allied forces at Gallipoli and Salonika. It was formed in March 1915, under the command of General Sir Ian Hamilton, at the beginning of the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War.

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