From Gaza to Jerusalem

by Stuart Hadaway

  Artillery: 265th Brigade RFA (‘A’ and ‘C’ Btys)

  266th Brigade RFA (‘A’ and ‘C’ Btys)

  267th Brigade RFA (‘A’ and ‘B’ Btys)

  Engineers: 436th, 437th, and 439th Field Coys RE

  60th (2/2nd London) Division

  GOC: Major General J.S.M. Shea, CB DSO

  179th Brigade: Brigadier General Fitzj. M. Edwards, CMG DSO

  2/13th London Regt, 2/14th London Regt, 2/15th London Regt, 2/16th London Regt

  180th Brigade: Brigadier General C.F. Watson, CMG DSO

  2/17th London Regt, 2/18th London Regt, 2/19th London Regt, 2/20th London Regt

  181st Brigade: Brigadier General E.C. Da Costa

  2/21st London Regt, 2/22nd London Regt, 2/23rd London Regt, 2/24th London Regt

  Artillery: 301st Brigade RFA (‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ Btys)

  302nd Brigade RFA (‘A’ 413th and ‘C’ Btys)

  303rd Brigade RFA (‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ Btys)

  Engineers: 519th, 521st, and 522nd Field Coys RE

  Pioneers: 1/12th Loyal N. Lancashire Regt

  74th (Yeomanry) Division

  GOC: Major General E.S. Girdwood

  229th Brigade: Brigadier General R. Hoare

  16/Devonshire Regt, 12/Somerset LI, 14/R. Highlanders., 12/R. Scots Fusiliers

  230th Brigade: Brigadier General A.J. O’Neill

  10/E. Kent Regt, 16/R. Sussex Regt, 15/Suffolk Regt, 12/Norfolk Regt

  231st Brigade: Brigadier General C.E. Heathcote, DSO

  10/Shropshire LI, 24/R. Welsh Fusiliers, 25/R. Welsh Fusiliers, 24/Welsh Regt

  Artillery: XLIV Brigade RFA (340th and 382nd Btys)

  117th Brigade RFA (‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ Btys)

  268th Brigade RFA (‘A’ 366th, and ‘C’ Btys)

  Engineers: 5th (R. Monmouth) and 5th (R. Anglesey) Field Coys RE

  Corps Troops

  Mounted Troops: 1/2nd County of London Yeo.

  Artillery: XCVI Heavy Artillery Group (15th, 91st, and 181st Heavy Btys; 378th, 383rd, and 440th Siege Btys)

  10th (Irish) Division

  GOC: Major General J.R. Longley, CB

  29th Brigade: Brigadier General R.S. Vandeleur, CMG

  6/R. Irish Rifles, 5/Connaught Rangers, 1/Leinster Regt, 6/Leinster Regt

  30th Brigade: Brigadier General F.A. Greer, DSO

  1/R. Irish Regt, 6/R. Munster Fusiliers, 6/R. Dublin Fusiliers, 7/R. Dublin Fusiliers

  31st Brigade: Brigadier General E.M. Morris.

  5/R. Inniskilling Fusiliers, 6/R. Inniskilling Fusiliers, 2/R Irish Fusiliers, 5/R. Irish Fusiliers

  Artillery: LXVII Brigade RFA (‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ Btys)

  LXVIII Brigade RFA (‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ Btys)

  263rd Brigade RFA (75th and ‘C’ Btys)

  Engineers: 65th, 66th, and 85th Field Coys RE

  Pioneers: 5/R. Irish Regt

  XXI Corps

  GOC: Lieutenant General E.S. Bulfin, CB CVO

  Brigadier General, General Staff: Brigadier General E.T. Humphreys, DSO

  Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General: Brigadier General St. G.B. Armstrong

  GOC Royal Artillery: Brigadier General H.A.D. Simpson Baikie, CB

  Chief Engineer: Brigadier General R.P.T. Hawksley

  52nd (Lowland) Division

  GOC: Major General J. Hill, DSO

  155th Brigade: Brigadier General J.B. Pollok-McCall, CMG

  1/4th R. Scots Fusiliers, 1/5th R. Scots Fusiliers, 1/4th KOSB, 1/5th KOSB

  156th Brigade: Brigadier General A.H. Leggett, DSO

  1/4th R. Scots, 1/7th R. Scots, 1/7th Scottish Rifles, 1/8th Scottish Rifles

  157th Brigade: Brigadier General C.D.H. Moore, DSO

  1/5th HLI, 1/6th HLI, 1/7th HLI,1/5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

  Artillery: 261st Brigade RFA (‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ Btys)

  262nd Brigade RFA (‘A’ and ‘B’ Btys)

  264th Brigade RFA (‘A’ and ‘C’ Btys)

  Engineers: 410th, 412th, and 413th Field Coys RE

  54th (East Anglian) Division

  GOC: Major General S.W. Hare, CB

  161st Brigade: Brigadier General W. Marriott-Dodington

  1/4th Essex Regt, 1/5th Essex Regt, 1/6th Essex Regt, 1/7th Essex Regt

  162nd Brigade: Brigadier General A. Mudge

  1/5th Bedfordshire Regt, 1/4th Northamptonshire Regt, 1/10th London Regt, 1/11th London Regt

  163rd Brigade: Brigadier General T. Ward, CMG

  1/4th Norfolk Regt, 1/5th Norfolk Regt, 1/5th Suffolk Regt, 1/8th Hampshire Regt

  Artillery: 270th Brigade RFA (‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ Btys)

  271st Brigade RFA (‘A’ and ‘B’ Btys)

  272nd Brigade RFA (‘B’ and ‘C’ Btys)

  Engineers: 484th and 486th Field Coys RE

  75th Division

  GOC: Major General P.C. Palin, CB

  232nd Brigade: Brigadier General H.J. Huddleston, DSO MC

  1/5th Devonshire Regt, 2/5th Hampshire Regt, 2/4th Somerset LI, 2/3rd Gurkhas

  233rd Brigade: Brigadier General the Hon. E.M. Colston, DSO

  1/5th Somerset LI, 1/4th Wiltshire Regt, 2/4th Hampshire Regt, 3/3rd Gurkhas

  234th Brigade: Brigadier General F.G. Anley, CB CMG

  1/4th Duke of Cornwall’s LI, 2/4th Dorset Regt, 123rd Outram’s Rifles, 58th Vaughan’s Rifles (Frontier Force)

  Artillery: XXXVII Brigade RFA (389th, 390th, and 405th Btys)

  172nd Brigade RFA (391st, 392nd, and 406th Btys)

  1st S. African FA Brigade (‘A’ and ‘B’ Btys)

  Engineers: 495th and 496th Field Coys RE

  Corps Troops

  Mounted Troops: Composite Regt (1 Sqn R. Glasgow Yeo., 1 Sqn Duke of Lancs Yeo., 1 Sqn 1/1st Herts. Yeo.)

  Artillery: XCVII Heavy Artillery Group (189th and 195th Heavy Btys; 201st, 205th, 300th, and 380th Siege Btys)

  C Heavy Artillery Group (10th Heavy Bty; 43rd, 134th, 379th, 422nd, and 423rd Siege Btys)

  102nd Heavy Artillery Group (202nd Heavy Bty; 209th, 292nd, 420th, 421st, and 424th Siege Btys)

  Machine Gun Corps: ‘E’ Company, Tank Corps 211th Machine Gun Coy

  General Headquarters Troops

  Royal Flying Corps Middle East

  GOC: Brigadier General W.S. Brancker (Replaced Brigadier General W.G.H. Salmond on 5 November 1917)

  Palestine Brigade, RFC: Lieutenant Colonel A.E. Borton, DSO

  5th (Corps Artillery) Wing: Nos 14 and 113 Sqns RFC

  40th (Army) Wing: No. 67 Sqn Australian F.C., No. 11 Sqn RFC

  No. 21 Balloon Coy

  Artillery: VIII Mountain Brigade RGA (10th and 11th Btys)

  IX Mountain Brigade RGA (‘A’, ‘B’ and 12th Btys)

  SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

  For reasons of space, this is only a select bibliography, based on those documents and books quoted or cited in the text, or others that are particularly illuminating or useful.

  Primary Sources

  Australian War Memorial

  PR01376 Sgt Charles Doherty

  I have also extensively consulted: AWM4 War Diaries from the First World War, which are very helpfully available on the AWM’s website.

  Imperial War Museum

  10403 Major General G.P. Dawnay

  10414 Field Marshal Lord Chetwode

  12702 Lieutenant Colonel F.H.A. Wollaston DSO

  12705 C.R. Hennessey

  1292 C.C.M. Millis

  13560 Corporal Charles Henry Livingstone DCM

  13595 J.W. Gough

  15153 Sergeant William Mole

  2792 Thomas Brookes Minshall

  4684 Lieutenant Colonel Sir Randolf Baker DSO

  5743 Sergeant James Eneas Scott

  6873 W.N. Hendry

  7818 T.G. Edgerton

  90/1/1 Sir Arthur Lynden-Bell

  Museum of the Queen’s Own Worcestershire Hussars (Yeomanry)

  Armstrong, Lieutenant Colonel, Some EEF
Reminiscences, 1917–1918

  Bell, Major W., War Diary

  Dabbs, Corporal A.G., The Land of Promises

  Hampton, Major the Lord, The Chronicle of a Yeomanry Squadron in Palestine, Jordan and Syria

  Holyoake, Lieutenant A.V., My War

  Pritchard Collection (various correspondence with First World War veterans)

  National Archives of Australia

  AWM255/7 ‘Yilderim’ Translation by Captain G.O. De R. Channer of Publication No. 1 of the Turkish General Staff by Lieutenant Colonel Hussein Husni Amir Bey

  The National Archives

  AIR 1/2031/204/326/26 Notes on the RFC/RAF in Egypt and Palestine, November 1915–September 1918

  CAB 1/44 Documents collected for the information of the special mission appointed to enquire into the situation in Egypt, 1920

  CAB 44/14 Relations between Great Britain, Italy and the Senussi, 1912–1924

  CAB Various minutes and reports among the Cabinet papers, as referenced

  FO 141/448/6 Senussi establishments and brethren in Tripolitania, an historical account of the Senussi movement and biographical notes on the living members of the Senussi family, 1918–1928

  FO 141/464/7 Arab Movement in Egypt, Pan-Islamic & -Arab propaganda, 1915–1928

  FO 141/468/1 Activities of Sayyid Mustafa Idrisi, intermediary between the British Residency at Aden and the Idrisi, 1915–1929

  FO 141/469/2 Egyptians executed, deported, interned or imprisoned or invited to leave Egypt on political grounds, 1915–1917

  FO 141/472/5 Senussi prisoners of war (British and Italian), 1915–1919

  FO 141/473/2 Intelligence on the Turkish expedition against Egypt, 1915–1918

  FO 141/484/1 The Political and Constitutional situation in Egypt, 1884–1927

  FO 141/629/4 Ministerial and political situation in Egypt, 1914–1922

  FO 141/651/1 Italian position in Cyrenaica and negotiations of the Anglo-Italian Mission for an agreement with Idris Senoussi, 1916–1917

  FO 141/734/1 Correspondence on the development of British policy on Arab independence and resistance to Turkish domination during the First World War, 1915–1918

  FO 141/735/2 Policy memoranda and intelligence reports on military operations against Turkey, 1914–1919

  FO 141/736/1 Intelligence reports from the Arab Bureau on the Arab revolt against Turkish rule in Hedjaz and elsewhere, 1916–1917

  FO 141/825/2 The conduct of British Troops and their relations with the indigenous population, 1915–1929

  FO141/469 Egypt’s involvement in the First World War

  FO633/101 Report on the great invasion of locusts in Egypt in 1915

  FO882/4 Garland’s Report

  FO882/6 Miscellaneous Correspondence

  FO882/7 Miscellaneous Correspondence

  WO 158/624 Arab Forces: Historical documents: Summary, 1914–1916

  WO 158/625 Arab Forces: Supply of arms and ammunition etc to the Sherif of Mecca, 1916–1917

  WO106/716 EEF: Report on Operations, March–July 1917

  WO32/3116 Report of the Committee of the Lessons of the Great War

  WO33/946/26 Telegrams, European War: Egypt

  I have also extensively consulted the War Diaries available in AIR1 and WO95, and the correspondence in WO158. These files are too many to list, and are easily found through the catalogue on TNA’s website.

  Published Sources

  British Official Histories and Publications

  Allenby, General Sir E.H.H. (1919) A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, HMSO. London

  Badcock, Lieutenant Colonel G.E. (1925) A History of the Transport Services of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, 1916–1917–1918, High Rees Limited. London

  Butler, Colonel A.G. DSO (1930) The Australian Army Medical Services in the War of 1914–1918: Vol. 1, Australian War Memorial, Melbourne

  Cutlack, F.M. (1923) Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918: Vol. 8: The Australian Flying Corps, Angus and Robertson Ltd, Sydney

  Falls, Captain C. (1930) Military Operations: Egypt and Palestine Vol. 2, HMSO

  General Staff (1916) Handbook of the Turkish Army, HMSO, London

  Gullett, H.S. (1923) Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918: Vol. 7: The AIF in Sinai and Palestine, 1914–1918, Angus and Robertson Ltd, Sydney

  Jones, Captain H.A. (1935) The War in the Air Vol. 5, Oxford University Press, Oxford

  MacMunn, Lieutenant General Sir G. KCB KCSI DSO, & Captain C. Falls (1928) Military Operations: Egypt and Palestine Vol. 1, HMSO, London

  Murray, General Sir A. (1920) Sir Archibald Murray’s Despatches, HMSO, London

  Divisional/Corps histories

  Dalbiac, Colonel P.H. (1927) History of the 60th Division (2/2nd London Division), George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London

  Dudley Ward, Major C.H. DSO MC (1922) The 74th (Yeomanry) Division in Syria and France, John Murray, London

  Dudley Ward, Major C.H. DSO MC (1927) History of the 53rd (Welsh) Division (T.F) 1914–1918, Western Mail Limited, Cardiff

  Preston, Lieutenant Colonel The Hon. R.M.P. DSO (1921) The Desert Mounted Corps: An Account of the Cavalry Operations in Palestine and Syria, 1917–1918, Constable and Company Ltd, London

  Thompson, Lieutenant Colonel R.R. (1923) The Fifty-Second Lowland Division 1914–1918, Maclehose, Jackson & Co., Glasgow

  Regimental/Battalion/Squadron histories

  Anon. (1921) The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the war, 1914–1918, MacLehose, Jackson & Co., Glasgow

  Baly, L. (2004) Horseman, Pass By: The Australian Light Horse in World War I, Spellmount, Staplehurst

  Blick, Lt G. (1933) The 1/4th Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment 1914–1919, Batler and Tanner Limited, London

  Bourne, Lieutenant Colonel G.H. (1926) History of the 2nd Light Horse Regiment AIF, Northern Daily Leader, Tamworth

  Brownlie, Major W.S. (1964) The Proud Trooper: The History of the Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick’s Own) Yeomanry, Wm. Collins, Sons & Co., London

  Burrows, J.W. (1931) The Essex Regiment: Essex Territorial Infantry Brigade (4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Battalions), Essex Territorial Army Association, Southend-on-Sea

  ‘C’ (1926) The Yeomanry Cavalry of Worcestershire, 1914–1922, Mark & Moody Ltd, Stourbridge

  Clifford, R. (1991) The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Alan Sutton Publishing Co., Stroud

  Dudley Ward, Major C.H. DSO MC (1921) Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers Vol. IV: Turkey – Bulgaria – Austria, Foster Groom & Co. Ltd

  Eames, Major F.W. (1930) The Second Nineteenth: Being the History of the 2/19th London Regiment, Waterlow and Sons Ltd, London

  Elliot, Captain W.R. MC (1920) The Second Twentieth: Being the History of the 2/20th Bn. London Regiment, Gale & Polden Ltd, Aldershot

  Ewing, Major J. MC (1925) The Royal Scots 1914–1919, Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh

  Fuller, Colonel J.F. DSO (1920) Tanks in the Great War, John Murray, London

  Gibbons, Lieutenant Colonel T. DSO (1921) With the 1/5th Essex in the East, Benham and Company Limited, Colchester

  Gillon, Captain S. (1930) The KOSB in the Great War, Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd, London

  Hamilton, A.S. MM (1936) The City of London Yeomanry (Roughriders), The Hamilton Press Ltd, London

  Hounslow, E.J. (2013) Fighting for the Bucks: The History of the Royal Bucks Hussars, 1914–1918, The History Press, Stroud

  Knight, J. (2005) The Civil Service Rifles in the Great War: ‘All Bloody Gentlemen’, Pen and Sword Military, Barnsley

  Lloyd, M. (2001) The London Scottish in the Great War, Leo Cooper, Barnsley

  Mollo, B. (1969) The Sharpshooters: 3rd County of London Yeomanry, 1900–1961, Kent and County of London Yeomanry, 1961–1970, Historical Research Unit, London

  Nicol, Sergeant C.G. (1921) The Story of Two Campaigns: Official War History of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment, 1914–1919, Wilson & Horton, Auckland

  Oran
ge, Dr V. & Stapleton, AVM D.C. (1996) Winged Promises: a History of No. 14 Squadron RAF, 1915–45, RAF Benevolent Find Enterprises, Fairford

  Powles, Colonel C.G. CMG DSO (ed.) (1928) The History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles, 1914–1919, Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd, Auckland

  Scott Elliot, Captain G.F. (1928) War History of the 5th Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers, Robert Dinwiddle, Dumfries

  Wilkie, Major A.J. (1924) The Official War History of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914–1919, Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, Auckland

  Wilson, Brigadier General L.C. (1919) Narrative of Operations of the Third Light Horse Brigade from 27 October 1917 to 11 July 1919, L.C Wilson, Egypt

  Wyrall, E. (1926) The Die-Hards in the Great War: A History of the Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1914–1917, Harrison & Sons, London

  Wyrall, E. (1933) The History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s) 1914–1919, Methuen & Co. Ltd, London

  Campaign histories

  Anglesey, Marques (1994) A History of the British Cavalry 1816–1919, Vol. 5: Egypt, Palestine and Syria 1914 to 1919, Leo Cooper, London

  Bruce, A. (2002) The Last Crusade: The Palestine Campaign in the First World War, John Murray Ltd, London

  Daley, P. (2009) Beersheba: A Journey Through Australia’s Forgotten War, Melbourne University Press

  Erickson, Lieutenant Colonel E.J. (Retired) (2008) Gallipoli & the Middle East, 1914–1918, Amber Books Ltd, London

  Ford, R. (2010) Eden to Armageddon: World War I in the Middle East, Phoenix, London

  Grainger, J.D. (2006) The Battle for Palestine 1917, The Boydell Press, Woodbridge

  Kearsey, Lieutenant Colonel A. (1931) A Summary of the Strategy and Tactics of the Egypt and Palestine Campaigns, with Details of the 1917–1918 Operations Illustrating the Principles of War, Gale & Polden, London

  Sheffy, Y. (1998) British Military Intelligence in the Palestine Campaign, 1914–1918, Frank Cass, London

  Wakefield, A. & Moody, S. (2004) Under the Devil’s Eye: Britain’s Forgotten Army at Salonika, 1915–1918, Sutton Publishing, Stroud

  Wavell, Colonel A.P. (1928) The Palestine Campaign, Constable and Co. Ltd, London

  Woodward, D.R. (2007) Forgotten Soldiers of the First World War, Tempus Publishing Ltd, Stroud

  British Empire memoirs/biographies

  Bluett, A. (2007) A Gunner’s Crusade, Leonaur Ltd, Driffield