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Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)

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Historical books online
*[https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigns02dane ''British Campaigns in the Nearer East, 1914-1918. From the outbreak of war with Turkey to the Armistice: Volume II The Tide of Victory''] by Edmund Dane , Military Correspondent of the ''Westminster Gazette'' 1919 Archive.org ([https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigns01dane ''Volume I''])
*[https://archive.org/details/nationalarmymuse0000carv/mode/2up ''The National Army Museum book of the Turkish Front 1914-1918 : the Campaigns at Gallipoli, in Mesopotamia and in Palestine''] by Field Marshal Lord Carver 2004, first published 2003. The Palestine campaign commences [https://archive.org/details/nationalarmymuse0000carv/page/186/mode/2up Chapter 9, page 186]. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/hellinholylandwo0000wood/mode/2up ''Hell in the Holy Land : World War I in the Middle East''] by David R Woodward 2006 Archive.org Books to Borrow
*[https://archive.org/details/edentoarmageddon0000ford ''Eden to Armageddon : World War I in the Middle East''] by Roger Ford 2010. Includes [https://archive.org/details/edentoarmageddon0000ford/page/296/mode/2up Part IV "Egypt, Palestine and Syria] page 297. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/the-fall-of-the-ottomans-the-great-war-in-the-middle-east_202012/mode/2up ''The Fall of The Ottomans: The Great War In The Middle East''] by Eugene Rogan 2015. [https://archive.org/details/the-fall-of-the-ottomans-the-great-war-in-the-middle-east_202012/page/n7/mode/2up Contents]. Archive.org.
**[https://archive.org/details/greywave00gibbrich/page/86 Alexandria] page 86, ''The Grey Wave'' by Major A. Hamilton Gibbs 1920. American title: [https://archive.org/details/gunfodderdiaryof00gibb/page/n9 ''Gun Fodder; the diary of four years of war''] 1919. Both Archive.org. He was an officer, Royal Field Artillery, 67 Artillery Brigade,<ref>[http://www.orientalvagabonds.com/2018/11/we-will-remember-them-all.html "We Will Remember Them All"] William Regan (68) Field Artillery Brigade. November 05, 2018. orientalvagabonds.com</ref> which was in Alexandria for five and a half months in 1915, prior to being sent to [[Salonica and the Balkans (First World War)‎|‎Salonika]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Hamilton_Gibbs A. Hamilton Gibbs] (Wikipedia), novelist.
**''The Honourable Artillery Company in the Great War 1914-1919'' edited by Major G. Goold Walker 1930 is available in a reprint edition<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/honourable-artillery-company-in-the-great-war-1914-1919/ ''The Honourable Artillery Company in the Great War 1914-1919''] Naval & Military Press reprint.</ref> which in turn is available as an [https://www.fold3.com/title/933/military-books/browse/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19BBYgtPhX online book on the the Ancestry owned pay website fold3], located in Military Books-located by the Search/Britain. A Territorial regiment which includes A and B Artillery Batteries which sailed for Egypt in April 1915 and served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in the desert and in Palestine.
**[https://archive.org/details/amateurgunnersgr0000thor/mode/2up ''Amateur Gunners : the Great War adventures, letters and observations of Alexander Douglas Thorburn''] edited by Ian Ronayne 2014. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Revised, expanded edition of *:[https://archive.org/details/amateurgunners/page/n5/mode/2up ''Amateur Gunners. The Adventures of an Amateur Soldier in France, Salonica and Palestine in the Royal Field Artillery'' ] published 1933. Additional title '' Recording some of the exploits of the 2/22nd County of London Howitzer Battery RFA on active service.'' Archive.org*:Service on the [[Western Front]], at [[Salonica and the Balkans (First World War)|Salonika]] and in Palestine.
**[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208934/page/n227/mode/2up "Palestine"] page 221 ''Clouds That Flee'' by Colonel Montague Cooke 1935. Archive.org. The author in Palestine from August 1917 as a Battery Commander. He was a career soldier born 1877.
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**[https://archive.org/details/warrecord00browuoft/page/n5/mode/2up ''War Record of 4th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers and Lothians and Border Horse''] edited by W Sorley Brown 1920. Archive.org. Includes chapters on Egypt and Palestine.
**[https://archive.org/details/39020000686868-palestinedaysan/page/n5/mode/2up ''Palestine Days and Nights; Sketches of the Campaign in the Holy Land''] by Captain J. G. Lockhart 1920. Archive.org. Also available [https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/WSE6W37YDYI6XVTTNUR2KLP4MUODS6FE Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek]. John Gilbert Lockhart subsequently appears to have been a writer (biographer and sea stories). IWM catalogue states: Associated people and organisations: 4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment . 1st/4th Battalion appears to be the Battalion which was in Palestine.
**[https://archive.org/details/leinsterregvol2/page/n7/mode/2up ''The History of the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) Volume 2 The Great War and the Disbandment of the Regiment''] by Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Ernest Whitton 1924 Archive.org. Includes Egypt and Palestine.
*:[https://archive.org/details/subalternmacedonia/page/n9/mode/2up ''A Subaltern in Macedonia and Judaea, 1916-17''] by Rev. R Skilbeck Smith 1930 Archive.org. 1st Battalion Leinster Regiment.
**[https://archive.org/details/royal-irish-rifles-great-war/page/n7/mode/2up ''The History of the First Seven Battalions, the Royal Irish Rifles (now the Royal Ulster Rifles) in the Great War''] by Cyril Falls 1925. Archive.org. Service on the [[Western Front]], at [[Salonica and the Balkans (First World War)|Salonika]] and in Palestine.
**[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100002346476.0x000002 ''The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in the World War''] by Sir Frank Fox. [With plates and maps.] 1928. British Library Digital. Includes a chapter titled "The Holy Land".
**[https://archive.org/details/regimentalrecord04dudl ''Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (23rd Foot). Volume IV 1915-1918 Turkey-Bulgaria-Austria''] by Major C H Dudley Ward 1929 Archive.org. The campaign in Palestine was part of the war against Turkey.
**[http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/infantry-histories/library/The-History-of-The-Duke-of-Cornwalls-Light-Infantry-1914-1919/files/assets/basic-html/page1.html ''The History of the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1914-1919''] by Everard Wyrall 1932. Transcription by OCR, so subject to errors. lib.militaryarchive.co.uk. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=L5QFAQAAIAAJ Snippet view, Searchable] Google Books. Also Searchable at [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000442490 HathiTrust Digital Library] (Previously [[32nd Regiment of Foot|32nd Reg.]])
**[https://archive.org/details/proudheritagev3 ''Proud Heritage. The Story of the Highland Light Infantry. Volume 3 The Regular, Militia, Volunteer, T.A., and Service Battalions H.L.I. 1882-1918''] by Lt.-Col. L B Oatts 1961 Archive.org. A transcription. [https://books.google.com/books?id=gzLWAAAAMAAJ Searchable but not viewable Google Books]. During the First World War, the various Battalions served on the [[Western Front]], at [[Gallipoli]], in Egypt, and in Palestine.
**[https://archive.org/details/52nd-lowland-division/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Fifty-Second (Lowland) Division 1914-1918''] by Lt Col R.R Thompson 1923. Archive.org. Missing most/all of the maps. Also available in a reprint edition which would probably include the maps,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/fifty-second-lowland-division-1914-1918/ ''Fifty-Second (Lowland) Division 1914-1918''] Naval & Military Press reprint.</ref> which in turn is available as an [https://www.fold3.com/browse/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19XuCdqIKO online book on the the Ancestry owned pay website fold3], located in Military Books-located by the Search/Britain. The history of a Territorial Army division that fought at [[Gallipoli]], in Egypt, Palestine and from May 1918, on the Western Front.
**[https://archive.org/details/history-53rddiv/page/n9/mode/2up ''History of the 53rd (Welsh) Division (T. F.)''] by Major C.H Dudley-Ward 1927 Archive.org. The record of a Territorial division which served in [[Gallipoli]], and Egypt and Palestine.
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