The First World War has often been understood in terms of the combat experiences of soldiers on the Western Front; those combatants who served in the other theatres of the war have been neglected. Using personal testimonies, official documentation and detailed research from a di…
The First World War has often been understood in terms of the combat experiences of soldiers on the Western Front; those combatants who served in the other theatres of the war have been neglected. Using personal testimonies, official documentation and detailed research from a di…
The First World War has often been understood in terms of the combat experiences of soldiers on the Western Front; those combatants who served in the other theatres of the war have been neglected. Using personal testimonies, official documentation and detailed research from a di…
"Despite their promise not to involve Egypt in the war effort, Britain ended up bringing about half a million Egyptian men, predominantly from rural communities, into the Egyptian Labor Corps (ELC), which worked across Europe and the Middle East during World War I. The ELC perfo…
"Despite their promise not to involve Egypt in the war effort, Britain ended up bringing about half a million Egyptian men, predominantly from rural communities, into the Egyptian Labor Corps (ELC), which worked across Europe and the Middle East during World War I. The ELC perfo…
"Despite their promise not to involve Egypt in the war effort, Britain ended up bringing about half a million Egyptian men, predominantly from rural communities, into the Egyptian Labor Corps (ELC), which worked across Europe and the Middle East during World War I. The ELC perfo…
During World War I, the British Empire enlisted half a million young men, predominantly from the countryside of Egypt, in the Egyptian Labor Corps (ELC) and put them to work handling military logistics in Europe and the Middle East. British authorities reneged on their promise n…
by Ogilvie, D. D., (David Douglas)
fromEyewitnesses from the Great War
In 1914, the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry Regiment was a cavalry regiment with its headquarters in Kirkcaldy and squadrons based in Dunfermline, Cupar, Dundee and Forfar. The regiment was sent to Gallipoli in September 1915, and fought there as a dismounted cavalry formation and ser…
by Ogilvie, D. D., (David Douglas)
fromEyewitnesses from the Great War
by Ogilvie, D. D., (David Douglas)
fromEyewitnesses from the Great War
In 1914, the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry Regiment was a cavalry regiment with its headquarters in Kirkcaldy and squadrons based in Dunfermline, Cupar, Dundee and Forfar. The regiment was sent to Gallipoli in September 1915, and fought there as a dismounted cavalry formation and ser…
In 1926, Colonel Brereton who had taken the 12th (Nelson) Company of the Canterbury Infantry Battalion into the Great War in the Main Body of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, wrote the well-received first edition of this title. The three campaigns alluded to, were the Battle…
