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*[https://archive.org/details/romanceoflastcru00vivi/page/n5 ''The Romance of the Last Crusade : with Allenby to Jerusalem''] by Major Vivian Gilbert 1923. [https://archive.org/details/romanceoflastcru00vivi/page/66 Page 67] he arrived in June 1917 in Egypt, and remained in Palestine until 1920. He was in Machine Guns Corps (Infantry), 180th Brigade, [https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-divisions/60th-division/ 60th (2nd/2nd London) Division] longlongtrail.co.uk
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**[https://archive.org/details/second-twentieth-london-reg/page/n9/mode/2up ''The Second Twentieth being the History of the 2/20th Bn., London Regiment''] by Captain W R Elliot [1920] Archive.org. The Battalion served on the [[Western Front]], at [[Salonica and the Balkans (First World War)|Salonika]], and in Egypt and Palestine, and was part of the 60th Division.
**[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51387 ''The History of the Prince of Wales' Civil Service Rifles''] by several authors, including some named. 1921. Gutenberg.org. From 1908 titled 15th Battalion London Regiment (Civil Service Rifles), the 2/15th was part of the 179th Brigade, [https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-divisions/60th-division/ 60th (2nd/2nd London) Division] (longlongtrail.co.uk) at [[Salonica and the Balkans (First World War)|Salonika]] and Palestine.
**[https://archive.org/details/romanceoflastcru00vivi/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Romance of the Last Crusade : with Allenby to Jerusalem''] by Major Vivian Gilbert 19241923. Archive[https://archive.org/details/romanceoflastcru00vivi/page/66 Page 67] he arrived in June 1917 in Egypt, and remained in Palestine until 1920. He was with the in Machine Guns Corps (Infantry), 180th Machine Gun CompanyBrigade, [https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-divisions/60th-division/ 60th (2nd/2nd London ) Division] longlongtrail.co.uk
**[https://archive.org/details/60thdivision/page/n11/mode/2up ''History of the 60th Division (2/2nd London Division)''] by Colonel P H Dalbiac 1927 Archive.org. Includes Palestine.
**[https://archive.org/details/sevenmanchester00wilsuoft/page/n9/mode/2up ''The Seventh Manchesters, July 1916 to March 1919''] by Captain S J Wilson 1920. Archive.org. Includes two chapters on the regiment in Egypt.
*[https://archive.org/details/withjudaeansinpa00patt ''With the Judaeans in the Palestine Campaign''] by Lieut-Col J H Patterson 1922 Archive.org. For other books by Patterson, see [[Gallipoli]], and for pre-war experiences, [[East Africa]].
:[https://archive.org/details/sevenlivesofcolo0000bria/mode/2up ''The seven lives of Colonel Patterson : how an Irish lion hunter led the Jewish Legion to victory''] by Denis Brian 2008. Includes chapters on Palestine and Sinai. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*''War in the Air: being the story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force'', Volumes II-VI by H A Jones. [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto05rale Volume V] 1935, [https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto06rale Volume VI] 1937. Part of the series ''History of the Great War based on official documents''. Include Egypt and Palestine. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/australianflying00cutluoft ''The Australian Flying Corps in the Western and Eastern Theatres of War, 1914-1918''] by F M Cutlack 1933 (first published 1923). ''The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918: Volume VIII'' Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/soldiershandbook00syke ''A soldier's handbook. Palestine and Jerusalem, salient points in the geography, history and present day life of the Holy Land''] by Rev H Sykes, Secretary of the Palestine Mission of the Church Missionary Society c 1917 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/ASoldiersHandbookPalestine 2nd version] with marginally more informative map at rear. Archive.org
*[http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/MAIN:Everything:SLV_VOYAGER726701 ''Digger Dialects : a Collection of Slang Phrases used by the Australian Soldiers on Active Service''] by W.H. Downing, late 57th Battalion, AIF. [1919]. State Library of Victoria. Some of the words were probably also used by British and other soldiers.
*[https://archive.org/details/ArnoldLeeseOutOfStep ''Out of Step: Events in the Two Lives of an Anti-Jewish Camel-Doctor''] by Arnold Spencer Leese. Archive.org. Born 1878, he was a veterinary surgeon who had researched camel diseases. During WW1 he worked for a time purchasing camels for the Army. In the late 1920s Leese became a British Fascist anti Jewish politician. His camel books includeare
**[https://archive.org/details/tips-camels/page/n9/mode/2up ''"Tips" on Camels for Veterinary Surgeons on Active Service''] by A.S. Leese 1918. Archive.org.
**[https://archive.org/details/treatiseonehumpedcamel/page/n7/mode/2up ''A Treatise on the One-Humped Camel in Health and in Disease''] by A S Leese 1927. [https://archive.org/details/treatiseonehumpedcamel/page/n9/mode/2up Contents] Archive.org. There were also two supplements. This book together with the ''Second Supplement'' 1943 is available at the [[British Library]].
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100003075169.0x000002 ''Camel Corps Training. Provisional. 1913''] London, HMSO 1913. British Library Digital Collection. With illustrations, which may be rotated if required. [https://archive.org/details/camel-corps-training/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
*[https://archive.org/details/memoirsofsirrona001290mbp ''The Memoirs Of Sir Ronald Storrs''] 1937 Archive.org. The author worked in Egypt in from 1904, initially in the Egyptian Civil Service, subsequently as Oriental Secretary (British Foreign Office)
**[https://archive.org/stream/memoirsofsirrona001290mbp#page/n319/mode/2up Palestine from December 1917] page 287. The author was in Palestine in December 1917, and subsequently was appointed Military Governor of Jerusalem
