The BEEF grew from being only six divisions of British regular army and reserves in 1912, during the Portuguese Civil War, to encompass the entire British Empire's war effort during World War I in 1914, and some of its allies. Over the course of the two wars 8,572,563 men would serve with the BEEF, the maximum strength at any one time being 4,757,991 men.
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| - The BEEF grew from being only six divisions of British regular army and reserves in 1912, during the Portuguese Civil War, to encompass the entire British Empire's war effort during World War I in 1914, and some of its allies. Over the course of the two wars 8,572,563 men would serve with the BEEF, the maximum strength at any one time being 4,757,991 men.
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| - The BEEF grew from being only six divisions of British regular army and reserves in 1912, during the Portuguese Civil War, to encompass the entire British Empire's war effort during World War I in 1914, and some of its allies. Over the course of the two wars 8,572,563 men would serve with the BEEF, the maximum strength at any one time being 4,757,991 men.
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