Director of Works, Brigadier-General G. S. M‘D. Elliot.
Director of Medical Services, Surgeon-General W. E. Birrell.
Paymaster-in-Chief, Lieut.-Colonel J. C. Armstrong (A.P.D.).
The total number of the Staff at the beginning of the great enterprise was eighty-four. Brigadier-General Woodward and Surgeon-General Birrell did not arrive till April 19, having remained in Egypt under orders to organise the hospitals. In their absence the general scheme for the evacuation of the wounded was drawn up by Lieut.-Colonel A. E. C. Keble, R.A.M.C.
AVAILABLE FORCES
The military force under Sir Ian’s command at the beginning of the campaign was composed as follows:
The 29th Division.
Commander, Major-General A. G. Hunter-Weston, C.B., D.S.O.
Divisional Artillery Commander, Brigadier-General R. W. Breeks.
Division Engineers Commander, Lieut.-Colonel C. B. Kingston (R.E.).