The Egyptian Expeditionary Force in World War I

<p> This military history follows the 5th Battalion of the Suffolk regiment from England to Syria and the end of World War I. Among the previously untapped primary source materials used are the author's father's correspondence and photographs from his 1913-1919 service with the 5th Suffolk in England Gallipoli Egypt Palestine and Syria. It follows chronologically the frustrating failures and the final victory of the campaigns in North Africa and the Middle East and refutes the widely held misconception that cavalry played no major role in the conflict.</p>