This episode discuss the Indian contribution to the British war effort in the Middle East during the First World War. In this matter, the British Egyptian Expeditionary Force went through a dynamic process of Indianization through which Great Britain supplement domestic British soldiers in the Middle East with Indian expeditionary forces due to the need to continually refill its military personnel on the Western Front. As such, the Indian expeditionary force was designed to operate as the strategic imperial reserve of the British army and thanks to this role, Great Britain was able to attain its presence in various theatres of war during the First World War. Within this topic, we shall look upon the historical development of the Indian army under the British rule and its engagement and specific role in the Middle Eastern battlefields of Egypt and Palestine.