CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I.[At Home—1914-1915]1
II.[Abroad—1915]9
III.[Egypt—1916]30
[List of Officers]40
IV.[Egypt and Palestine—1917]41
V.[Palestine—1918]107
VI.[France—1918]119
VII.[Some Personalities]143
VIII.[The Predecessors of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry]159
[Honours and Awards]165
[List of Casualties]168
[Index]204



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Face Page
[Officers at Fakenham, 1915]Frontispiece
[N.C.O.’s at Fakenham, 1915]2
[H.M. The King, with Brigadier-General Lord Lovat and Major-General Bruce Hamilton]4
[The Regiment in Column of Troops at St Ives]4
[Crossing the Bridge, St Ives]6
[Lieut. R.G.O. Hutchison and Machine Gun Section, 1915]6
[Guard Mounting, Fakenham]8
[Entraining Horses, Fakenham]8
[Gebel-el-Ghenneim, Khargeh Oasis]18
[The Highland Barricade, Asmak Dere, Suvla]18
[Captain Tuke on “Joseph”]34
[In the Village of Khargeh]34
[Sentry on Water Dump “A”]36
[Camel Lines at Khargeh]36
[Senussi Prisoners, Dakhla]40
[The Sergeants’ Reel, Moascar]40
[The Battalion Mascot]42
[Battalion Cookhouse, El Ferdan]42
[Dug-outs in the Front Line, Sheikh Abbas]54
[A Reserve Wadi, Sheikh Abbas]54
[A Platoon Mess, Wadi Asher]58
[“C” Company Officers’ Mess, Wadi Asher]58
[Turkish Trench, with dead Turks, Hill 1070, Beersheba]62
[Bathing, Regent’s Park]62
[Battalion Bivouac near Suffa]110
[The Irish Road crossing the Wadi Ain Arik]110
[The Battalion Football Team]140
[The Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry at Annsmuir]158
[Detachment at H.M. The King’s Visit to Edinburgh]160
[Regimental Drill at Annsmuir, with Skeleton Enemy]160
[Group showing Six successive Commanding Officers]164
[The Cadre on arrival at Kirkcaldy]164
MAPS
[Our Trenches in the Front Line at Suvla]20
[Battle of Sheria]68
[Operations in Palestine, 1917-1918]106
[Trench System on the Somme]134
[The Lys Sector]142