The command was formed in February 1922 to control all British forces in Mandatory Palestine.

[1] In September 1936, following an escalation in violence, Lieutenant-General Sir John Dill was despatched there.

[1] In August 1937 Major General Archibald Wavell CB was transferred to Palestine, where there was growing unrest, to be General Officer Commanding (GOC) British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan.

[3] After the Second World War, with the immigration of Jews growing, tensions increased further and 1st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) arrived in Palestine.

In May 1948 the United Kingdom's mandate ended and British troops withdrew the following month.