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7 December 1917: Pte James Shuttleworth

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James Shuttleworth was born at Cowling, Yorkshire on 10 October 1878, the son of John (a worsted weaver) and Ann. He was one of 13 children, 10 of whom lived beyond childhood (two brothers, Christopher and Gladstone died in their first year.  William died when he was 8). James attended Cowling Infant School then went to work as a cotton weaver i...

28 January 1918: Bombadier Sidney Wagstaff

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Sidney was born 24 August 1892 in Ashton-upon-Mersey, Co, Chester. His father was Jesse Braizer Wagstaff (Ironmonger and House Furnisher) of 229, Great Western Street, Moss Side, Manchester. Before the outbreak of war Sidney was employed in his father’s furnishing business. He was for many years a member of the Manchester Wednesday Motor and Cyc...

29 July 1918 : Charles Clifford Foster

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Charles Foster was born in Halifax, Yorkshire 21 June 1886, the second son of William Foster (who owned a brass foundry he had founded) and Emma (née Haig) At the 1881 England Census the parents had four children and two domestic servants and lived at 63 Savile Park Road, Halifax In March 1881 Charles’s mother died and his younger brother Harol...

From Gaza to Jerusalem

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At the start of 1917, the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) crossed the border from Egypt into Palestine.  After a pause to build up their logistics, in March and April 1917 they made two failed attempts to break through the Ottoman lines around Gaza and advance north into the country.  The summer was spent digging in, re-organising, and re-bui...

Pyramids and Fleshpots

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Stuart Hadaway - Pyramids and Fleshpots: The Egyptian, Senussi and Eastern Mediterranean Campaigns, 1914-16. Men in the trenches of the Western Front may have envied those who spent the war among the 'pyramids and fleshpots' of the exotic East, but the war in the desert was far from a picnic.  The defence of Egypt, and especially the Suez Canal,...

ONLINE: 'Allenby’s Sepoys: The Indian Army and the EEF in 1918' by Dr Adam Prime

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Caption: 9th Hodson’s Horse, Damascus, 2 October 1918 About the Talk: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force swept through Palestine in 1918 under Sir Edmund Allenby with a string of victories. What makes this success all the more astounding is that it was achieved with mostly inexperienced Indian troops. This talk charts how the EEF became ‘Indianise...

On To Aleppo - Stuart Hadaway

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In this presentation Stuart will conclude the journey of the Egypt Expeditionary Force in 1918. The Force had been significantly restructured to meet needs of the Western Front but continued to a successful conclusion from Jerusalem to Syria, and forcing the Ottoman army out of the war in the area. We meet from 7:30pm, for an 8pm start, in the P...