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Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records
1915Date range
4Named people
3Places

Chronological records

1915

Frederick Hamilton16 October 1915

London · Warfare / World War, 1st

Dismissed after the Dardanelles campaign, never given another command

Henry Herbert Asquith Oxford, 1st28 October 1915

Warfare / World War, 1st

Reduces the size of the War Council

Henry Herbert Asquith Oxford, 1stOctober 1915

Warfare / World War, 1st

Replaces French as Commander of the Expeditionary Force in France with Haig

Ian Standish Monteith HamiltonOctober 1915

Galliploi · Warfare / World War, 1st

Dismissed from his command after the failure of the Galliploi Campaign

John Denton Pinkstone French Ypres, 1st19 December 1915

Ypres · Warfare / World War, 1st

French is replaced after failures following Ypres and Loos.

John Denton Pinkstone French Ypres, 1stDecember 1915

Warfare / World War, 1st

Replaced as Commander-in-Chief by General Haig

Names involved

Frederick HamiltonHenry Herbert Asquith Oxford, 1stIan Standish Monteith HamiltonJohn Denton Pinkstone French Ypres, 1st

Provenance

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