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'Military Lessons of the Arab Rebellion in Palestine 1936' [‎113r] (232/294)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (142 folios). It was created in Feb 1938. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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44816-1
171
Units
Prom Date of Arrival
5 Company, R.A.S.C.
4th Field Ambulance
Det. 2nd Bn. The Royal Berkshire Regiment
49 Company, R.A.S.C.
Part of 5th Division Signals
20th Field Brigade, R.A.
208 (A.C.) Sqn. R.A.F.
2/3rd Cavalry Field Ambulance
3rd Motor Ambulance Convoy
Egypt 16th September.
Egypt * 17th September.
Egypt 17th September.
Egypt * 19-20th September.
Egypt * 22nd September,
ngypt * 22-23rd September,
^gypt 28-30th September,
ngypt * September.
Egypt * September.
UNITS OF THE PAL5STIBE EU5RG-ENCY F ORCE
( in order of Arriva l)
Corps Headquarters
)
Survey Section, R.E.
) All
All
Headquarters, 1st Division
)
Headquarters, 5th Division
) desnatched
arrived
Corps Signals
) "
Headquarters, 1st Division R.E.
) from
between
Headquarters, 1st Division R.A.S.C.
)
1st Division Signals
) U.K.
23rd Sep
Headquarters, 2nd Infantry Brigade
/
Headquarters,, 3rd Infantry Brigade
) during
and
6th Field Park Coy. R.E.
)
Corps Provost Sec.
) September.
12th Oct'
1st Division Provost Company
5th Division Provost Company
Det. Royal Army Pay Corps
R.A.O.C. Workshops and Depots
2nd Bn. The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
The Royal Irish Fusiliers
12th Field Company, R.E.
26th Field Company, R.E.
Corps Postal Unit
Movement Control
1st Division Postal Unit
5th Division Postal Unit
2nd Bn. The East Yorkshire Regiment
2nd Bn. The North Staffordshire Regiment
Headquarters, 1st Infantry Brigade
2nd Bn. The Cameronians
R.A.O.C. Recovery Section
5th Division Signals
2nd Bn. The King 1 s Royal Rifle Corps
2nd Bn. The Wiltshire Regiment
2nd Bn. Scots Guards
2nd Bn. Hampshire Regiment
2nd Bn. The West Yorkshire Regiment
2nd Bn. The Buffs
3rd Bn. Coldstream Guards
3rd Casualty Clearing Station
8th Railway Company, R.E.
R.A.S.C. Supply and Transport Units
R.A.Ch.D. and Y.M.C.A. Personnel
Un-^ts marked vdth an asterisk had already been sent from peace
sta^io^ in the United Kingdom to the Mediterranean as rexnforcemenos
during the ”Italian Emergency .

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Report detailing the military lessons of the Arab rebellion in Palestine in 1936 that was compiled by General Staff, Headquarters, The British Forces, Palestine & Trans-Jordan.

The report is divided up into chapters as follows:

  • Introduction
  • A Short History of the Rebellion I - to the end of June, 1936
  • A Short History of the Rebellion II - from the 1st July, 1936 to the end of the year
  • Conditions in Palestine as Affecting Operations
  • Commanders and Staffs
  • Intelligence
  • Intercommunication
  • Administration
  • Transport
  • Weapons and Equipment
  • The Employment of Various Arms
  • The Employment of Aircraft in Co-operation with Troops
  • Defensive Action
  • Protection of Communications
  • Offensive Action
  • Conclusion - Summary of Main Lessons

The report contains 46 photographs and a number of diagrams which are located throughout the volume. It also contains four maps, found at folios 140-143.

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1 volume (142 folios)
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The volume contains a contents page on folio 3.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 144; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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