Why Britain must finally compensate the families of Egypt's World War One labourers

Why Britain must finally compensate the families of Egypt's World War One labourers Submitted by Kyle J Anderson on Wed, 04/29/2026 - 13:26 An acknowledgment of the tens of thousands who died helping the British war effort would be a start. But reparations to their descendants - a sum of at least $360m - must also be made Egyptian Labour Corps men in Palestine (Internet Archive) On During World War One, the British Empire won campaigns on the backs of Egyptian workers in the Egyptian Labour Corps (ELC). After British forces entered Jerusalem in December 1917 , General Archibald Murray wrote: "The Palestine campaign could not have achieved its glorious consummation without the ELC.