Somaliland campaign (1920)

January 1920 – February 9, 1920 · Nugaal Valley

Result British and allied victory

British forces and allies carried out a final expedition against the Dervish forces of Somaliland, with fighting mainly in January. The British broke the Dervish movement.

On the map Contemporaries

United Kingdom

Units

Royal Air Force Anthony Barber Anthony Greenwood Arthur Coningham Air Marshal Cecil Parkinson Cuthbert Sebastian Cyril Newall, 1st Baron Newall Ezer Weizman General George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth George VI Glafcos Clerides Guy Gibson Wing Commander Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester Hassanal Bolkiah Army General Hugh Dowding Hussein I of Jordan Army General Ian Smith Flight Lieutenant Keith Park Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood Merlyn Rees Neville Chamberlain Nicholas Medforth-Mills Officer Cadet Peter II of Yugoslavia Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester Princess Alexandra of Kent Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester Reginald Maudling Rex Hunt Robert Brooke-Popham Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood Shlomo Shamir Major General Stuart Peach, Baron Peach Air Chief Marshal T. E. Lawrence Trafford Leigh-Mallory William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate William, Prince of Wales