The Fifth Battalion, Highland Light Infantry in the War

1914 -1918

To the Memory of the Officers, Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry who fell in the War 1914-1918

• Contents

  • Preface

  • From Mobilization to the East

  • Gallipoli—to 11th July, 1915

  • Gallipoli (contd.)—Operations 12th-18th July, 1915

  • Gallipoli Continued

  • Historic Day on the Peninsula

  • Gallipoli Concluded

  • Mudros, Cairo, Suez Canal and Hill 70 Line

  • Goods Yard of the Railway

  • The Sinai Desert, Mahamdiya, Romani, Katia

  • Water Camels, Mahamdiya

  • Across the Sinai Desert to El Arish

  • El Arish and First Battle of Gaza

  • Second Battle of Gaza

  • Gaza, 1st May To 7th November, 1917

  • Advance beyond Gaza. Wadi Hesi, Sausage Ridge, Esdud, Kubeibeh, Nebi Samwil, Tahta

  • Cavalry Entered Jaffa

  • From Tahta to the Auja

  • Last Days in Palestine. North of Jaffa

  • France

• Appendices

  • List of Officers, Senior N.C.O.'s, etc., who embarked in May, 1915

  • Roll of Officers, Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men who died on Service

  • Honors and Awards

  • Mentioned in Dispatches

  • Turkish Orders for Advance on Romani

    • Gallipolis and the Dardanelles

    • Gaza and Sinai Maps

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