Camel Corps may refer to:

Military units

Camel cavalry Camel cavalry, or camelry (french: méharistes, ), is a generic designation for armed forces A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically ...

units in the Spanish, French, Italian and British colonial possessions in North Africa and the Middle East, for instance: **

Méhariste Méhariste is a French word that roughly translates to camel cavalry. The word is most commonly used as a designation of military units. French camel corps Origins France created a corps of méhariste camel companies (''Compagnies Méharistes S ...

, a camel mounted African unit in the French army ***

Free French Camel Corps The Free French Camel Corps (french: Corps de Méharistes Français Libres) was a méhariste camel cavalry unit of the Free French forces, founded by among others Captain Edouard Dieffenbach, under command of General Charles de Gaulle during Worl ...

, a camel cavalry unit of the Free French forces under General Charles de Gaulle during World War II in Eastern Africa **

Tropas Nómadas The (Nomad Troops) were an auxiliary regiment to the colonial army in Spanish Sahara (today Western Sahara), from the 1930s until the end of the Spanish presence in the territory in 1975. Composed of Sahrawi tribesmen, the Tropas Nómadas were equi ...

, an auxiliary regiment to the colonial army in Spanish Sahara (1930s–1975)

Military formations

United States Camel Corps The United States Camel Corps was a mid-19th-century experiment by the United States Army in using camels as pack animals in the Southwestern United States. Although the camels proved to be hardy and well suited to travel through the region, th ...

, a mid-nineteenth century experiment by the United States Army in using camels as pack animals in the Southwest United States *

Scinde Camel Corps The 59 Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force) was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment was one of the most reputed outfits of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1843, as the Scinde Camel Corps. In 1856, it was incorporate ...

, an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army (1843–1853) *

Egyptian Camel Corps Egyptian describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years o ...

, fighting in the

Battle of Kirbekan The Battle of Kirbekan was a battle in the Mahdist War. It was fought February 10, 1885, when the British Nile Column, about 1,000 strong, under General Earle, stormed the heights of Kirbekan, which were held by a strong Mahdist force, and tota ...

and Ginnis (both 1885) *

Camel Corps (Gordon Relief Expedition) The Battle of Abu Klea, or the Battle of Abu Tulayh took place between the dates of 16 and 18 January 1885, at Abu Klea, Sudan, between the British Desert Column and Mahdist forces encamped near Abu Klea. The Desert Column, a force of approxim ...

, a camel corps in the Desert Column of the Gordon Relief Expedition (1884–85) under the command of Herbert Stewart, earning their colours in the Battle of Abu Klea *

Imperial Camel Corps The Imperial Camel Corps Brigade (ICCB) was a camel-mounted infantry brigade that the British Empire raised in December 1916 during the First World War for service in the Middle East. From a small beginning the unit eventually grew to a brigad ...

, an Allied unit that fought in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during World War I (1916–1919) *

Somaliland Camel Corps The Somaliland Camel Corps (SCC) was a Rayid unit of the British Army based in British Somaliland. It lasted from the early 20th century until 1944. Beginnings and the Dervish rebellion In 1888, after signing successive treaties with the then ...

, a unit of the British Army based in British Somaliland (1914–1944) *

Sudan Camel Corps Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic ...

('the Hajana'), a battalion in the

Sudan Defence Force The Sudan Defence Force (SDF) was a locally recruited British-led force formed in 1925 to assist the police in the event of civil unrest, and to maintain the borders of British administered Sudan. During the Second World War, it also served b ...

(1925–1950s) *

Bikaner Camel Corps The Bikaner Camel Corps was a unit of Imperial Service Troops from India that fought for the Allies in World War I and World War II. The Corps was founded by Maharaja Ganga Singh of the Indian state of Bikaner, as the Ganga Risala after the Brit ...

, a unit of Imperial Service Troops from India (1889–present)

Other

*Camel Corps, nickname for British Foreign Office officials in the Middle East, see

Adel Darwish Adel Alexander Darwish ( arz, عادل درويش, ) is a Westminster-based British political journalist, a veteran Fleet Street reporter, author, historian, broadcaster, and political commentator. Darwish is currently (since 2002) a parliament ...

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