StephenT said:
A 1918 OOB also gives the following British leaders, who may or may not have been in charge in 1917 as well:
Longley (10th)
Mott (53rd)
Palin (75th)
Hodgson (Australian Mounted)
Barrow (Yeomanry Mounted)
Hoskins (3rd Lahore)
Fane (7th Meerut)
Younghusband (2nd Mounted)
Major-General Henry MacAndrew commanded the 5th Cavalry Division.
The 2nd Mounted Division was disbanded in January 1916 and did not serve with the EEF in 1917-1918. Younghusband (he of Tibetan fame, I presume) did not, to my knowledge, serve in Palestine.
StephenT said:
If you know when they arrived in the Middle East, that would be helpful. All I can discover so far is that they were locked at Aleppo in autumn 1917 and didn't take part in the fighting that year; received reinforcements at some point; and were part of the Turkish 8th Army in autumn 1918.
It appears that the Asia Korps first saw action in Palestine in March 1918.
StephenT said:
Unfortuantely I don't know the names of the ships involved - I don't know if you want to include this?
Rear Admiral Jackson commanded Allied naval forces in the Eastern Mediterranean. For Third Gaza, the force was composed thus:
Grafton British light cruiser (model 0)
Raglan British monitor (model 0) 2 x 14-inch; 2 x 6-inch
M15 British monitor (model 0) 1 x 9.2-inch
M29 British monitor (model 0) 2 x 6-inch
M31 British monitor (model 0) 2 x 6-inch
M32 British monitor (model 0) 2 x 6-inch
Empress British seaplane carrier (model 0)
City of Oxford British seaplane carrier (model 0)
Raven II British seaplane carrier (model 0)
Staunch British destroyer
Comet British destroyer
Arbalète French destroyer
Voltigeur French destroyer
Coutelas French destroyer
Fauconneau French destroyer
Hache French destroyer
I doubt that including the destroyers will be of much use given that we are including the naval vessels for the purpose of shore bombardment. Although there existed the problem of German submarines (which sunk both
M15 and
Staunch, I don't believe we need to model this with a reduced-strength unit on the map. The aircraft serving with the seaplane carriers were used to bombard Turkish positions at Gaza.
It was decided that the Megiddo Offensive should be aided by just two British destroyers:
Druid and
Forester.