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Description: | Collection of very interesting papers relating to his service in the Hejaz during the Arab Revolt of the First World War, where he put his explosives expertise to use in aiding the Arab destruction of the strategically important Turkish railway, comprising ts/ms lecture notes (66pp, nd) outlining the military operations in Arabia during the war, the country and its people and in particular the raids against the railway; 3 articles by Garland published in THE CAIRO SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL entitled 'Ancient Egyptian Metal Tools' (1913, 10pp), 'Outlines of Metallography' (1913, 19pp) and 'Some Physical Properties of Tin' (1914, 18pp); 16 photographs showing him in Arab garb, experimenting with grenades and general scenes of the Hejaz during the First World War; and photocopies (35pp) of an album containing press cuttings, photographs and various documents relating to Garland and his wartime experiences in Arabia, including a ts letter addressed to him at the Department of Ordnance in Cairo from General Birdwood, offering to give his self-invented 6-inch mortar a trial at Gallipoli (November 1915), and certificates and letters of congratulation from individuals including Colonel C E Wilson, General G Clayton, Sir Reginald Wingate, Colonel P Joyce and Winston Churchill concerning his various gallantry awards and honours, 1917 - 1919.
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Catalogue date 2002-09-18 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Garland, H | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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