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Description: | Photocopy of an interesting ts memoir (54pp), written in 1920, concerning his service as a Captain in the 1/1st Pembroke Yeomanry (231st Brigade, 74th Division) commanding No 5 Light Car Patrol from 1916 - 1919 and describing the life, people, topography of, and conditions in the deserts of North West Egypt and Libya, the work of the light car patrols, various political and military dealings with and against factions of the Senussi, life in the Italian garrison town of Benghazi, the Bedouin and their characteristics and the Egyptian riots of 1919.
Cataloguer NLY
Catalogue date 1987-04-27 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Williams, C H | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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