Advance from the Sphinx of Egypt to the Gates of Gaza

Stories and experiences from this unique campaign in which the Territorials fought against the Turks from January 1916 to March 1917. The talk will focus on a territorial battalion, the 5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, with the 52nd (Lowland) Division; how it recovered, reformed, refitted and prepared after the traumas of Gallipoli; engaging with the Ottomans; changing priorities in the campaign; battalion life in the trials of the conditions in Egypt, including on the march across the Sinai; and the beginning of the advance into Palestine.
Steven was encouraged to join our branch in recent years by Professor John Derry. He is a member of the branch committee. Before his retirement, his career was in the Law. He serves as a Presbyterian Minister.