The Western Frontier Force was a force of British Empire

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 troops formed in response to the Senussi Uprising and coming under the command of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force

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Orders for the formation of a Western Frontier Force were issued on November 20th, 1915, and Major-General A. Wallace, C.B., was appointed to the command.

The original composition of the force was:

• Mounted Brigade. Brigadier-General Tyndale Biscoe, Commanding.
  • 3 Composite Yeomanry Regiments from the 2nd Mounted Division, and comprising details from more than twenty different regiments.
  • 1 Composite Regiment of Australian Light Horse, made up of details from Australian Light Horse Brigades.
  • Notts. Battery of Royal Horse Artillery (Territorial Force
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    ) and Ammunition Column.

• Infantry Brigade. Brigadier-General Lord Lucan, Commanding.
  • 1 Battalion 1/6th Royal Scots (Territorials).
  • 1 Battalion 2/7th Middlesex Regiment
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     (Territorials).
  • 1 Battalion 2/8th Middlesex Regiment (Territorials).
  • 1 Battalion 15th Sikhs.

• 1 Squadron Royal Flying Corps
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• Divisional Train from the 1st Australian Division.

• A detachment from the Egyptian Army Military Works Department took the place of the Royal Engineers
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  , none of the latter being available.

The composition of the force was constantly changing, and it was not till the middle of February, 1916, that it became really fixed.

Other units attached during the WFF's existence included:

• 1st South African Infantry Brigade
• New Zealand Rifle Brigade
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• Bikanir Camel Corps
• Imperial Camel Corps
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   armoured car unit