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The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry - and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919
by D. D. Ogilvie
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Baluah, Lake, 110

Baquerolles Farm, 124

Batchelor, Private, 157

Beclers, 139

Beersheba, attack on, 61-63

Beit Iksa, 89, 91; capture of, 86

Beit Sira, 78, 106, 109

Beit-ur-el-Foka, attack on, 83

Beit-ur-el-Tahta, 83, 85, 106

Beitania, 92; advance on, 101-103

Beitin, 111

Benjamin Post, 135

Berguette, 137

Beris, 34

Bethel, 111

Bethhoron, the Upper, 83

Birdwood, General Sir W., inspection by, 126

Bireh, 92, 103, 116

Black Watch, 6th and 8th Battns., 141

Blairgowrie, 1-4

Bouchavesnes, 127

Boulak, 34

Boulogne, 141

Bourecq, 137

Bradfield, Sergeant-Major, 155

Brigade, the 159th, 113; the 160th, 113; the 229th, 66, 130, 137; the 230th, 66, 67, 121, 130, 139; at the battle of Sheria, 68; the 231st, 67, 121, 137, 139

"Broken Spur" badge, 144

Brown, Lieut. T. Brodie, 131, 132, 133; M.C. conferred, 165

Brown, Capt. W.D., adjutant, 148; killed, 98; tribute to, 105

Buffs, the 10th, 138

Burj Lisaneh, 111

Byng, Major-Gen. Sir Julian, 19

Calonne, 127

Camel, a racing, 32

Camerons, the 10th, 35

Campbell, Capt. P., 102; raid on Amurieh, 115

Campbell, Capt. Sir W.A.A., 114, 149

Canal du Nord, advance on, 128

Cape Town, 147

Caracol Dagh, 17

Carbine Trench, 135

Carnegy, Capt. P.A.W., commanding the Forfarshire Light Horse Volunteer Corps, 146

Carvin Farm, 124

Casualties, list of, 168-203

Chetwode, Lieut.-Gen. Sir P.W., commanding Eastern Force, inspects the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 56; presents medals, 71

Christiana, capture of, 147

Clackmannan, 2

Clarence River, 123

Clark, Lieut.-Col. J., 150

Cloud-burst, at Gara, 32, 39

Collier, Sergeant W., 149, 157; attack on the Germans, 132

Colthart, Capt. R.H., adjutant, 117, 133; Quartermaster, 40, 153; killed, 138

Cooper, Sergeant, 152

Corbie, 136

Corps III. attack on the Germans, 134

Corps XX., 70

Corps XXI., 70; pursues the Turkish forces, 72; at Junction Station, 76

Corps Cavalry, 67

Craig, Sergeant J., 155

Craig, Lieut. D., D.S.O., conferred, 156

Crawford, Earl of, Colonel Commandant of the Fife Yeomanry Cavalry, 160

Cruickshank, Lieut. I.W., 115; attack on the Germans, 132

Cummins, Capt. W.W. ("George Washington,") 151

Cupar, 2

Daisies, mauve, 50

Dakhla, 37

Damascus, 117

Dane, Lieut. P., 134

Darney, Lieut. C.E., killed, 130

Davis, L.-Cpl. J. 157

Deir-el-Belah, 49, 56, 57, 59

Deir Ibzia Ridge, 92

Deir Sineid, 73

Demobilization of the British Army, 140-142

Denbigh Yeomanry, the 24th Battalion, 121

Devonport, 10

Devonshire Regiment, the 16th (Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry), 56; at Beitania, 101; Yalo, 107; attack on Moislains, 128

Division, the 10th, 66, 67, 85; advance on Bireh, 92; capture Foka, 93; the 52nd, 49, 79; the 53rd, 61, 65, 116; the 54th, 49, 57; the 55th, 139; the 57th, 139; the 58th, 131, 132; the 59th, 127; the 60th, attack on Beersheba, 62-64; on Tel-el-Sheria, 67; advance on the Nablus road, 92; the 74th, 131, 136; attack on Beersheba, 62-64

Don, Lieut. W.G., 148

Drysdale, Lieut. J.C., 117; tribute to, 104; wounded, 130

Dumb-bell Hill Sector, 54

Duncan, Lieut. C.G., advance on the Turbeaute River, 125; wounded, 130

Dundee, 2

Dundee Wadi, 67

Dunfermline, 2

Dunkirk, 141

Durham, Private, 158

East Kent Regiment, the 10th, 133

Edie, Sergeant-Major, 154

Edinburgh, Royal Review in, 162

Egyptian Lancers, at Sherika, 33

El Arish, 42-45

El Buggar, 61; attack on, 60

El Burj, 45; capture of, 86, 89

El Burjaliye, 52

El Ferdan, 41, 42

El Jib, 83

El Mendur, 52

El Muntar, 101

Elder, Sergeant-Major, 157

Enab, 86, 104

Epehy, 131

Erskine, Lieut.-Col. T.H., of Grangemuir, 163

Erskine, Sir William, 160

Essex Regiments, the 5th and 7th, 53

Etaples, 120

Fakenham, 7-10

Fanatis, or copper vessels, 44

Faustine Quarry, 134

Fencible Cavalry, 159

Ferguson, Sergeant, 126

Field Ambulance, the 229th, at Yalo, 107

Fife, 2

Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry, 163

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, at Blairgowrie, 1-4; St Ives, 4; training, 4, 7, 38, 41, 56, 59, 120, 140; inspections, 4, 8, 56, 126, 140; at Skegness, 6; Fakenham, 7-10; sports, 7, 32, 36, 59, 140; voyage to Gallipoli, 10-14; in the trenches, 15-26; journey to Sidi Bishr, 28; casualties, 29, 68, 100, 104, 130; at Mena Camp, 30; Minia, 31; Sohag, 31; Gara, 32, 38; Sherika, 32-38; Moascar, 39, 41; the 14th Battalion, Royal Highlanders, 41; in camp at El Ferdan, 41; journey to El Arish, 42; reinforcements, 44; at El Burj, 45; Sheikh Zowaid, 45; march to Rafa, 46-48; at Khan Yunis, 48; Sheikh Nebhan, 49; El Mendur, 52; in the Sheikh Abbas Sector, 54, 56; field firing, 57; at Deir-el-Belah, 57; attack on Beersheba, 59-64; battle of Sheria, 68; at Goz-el-Gelieb, 70; presentation of medals, 71; march to Mejdal, 74; foot parade, 74; march to Junction Station, 76; at Latron, 77; march to Beit Sira, 78; at Wadi Selman, 79; camp at Q 20 central, 85; advance on Jerusalem, 86-91; march along the Zeitun Ridge, 92-95; at Wadi Zait, 95; capture Zeitun Ridge, 98; advance on the Hill of Shafa, 99; on Beitania, 101-103; camp at Yalo, 106; making roads, 107, 109; march to Kantara, 116; voyage to Marseilles, 117-119; at St Firmin, 119; Grand Rullecourt, 120; epidemic of Spanish influenza, 121; march to La Pierriere, 122; bombarded by the Germans, 125; fitted with kilts, 126; at Le Foret, 127; advance on the Canal du Nord, 128; attack on the Germans, 132-135; at Corbie, 136; tribute to, 136; advance to Orcq, 137; reception at Tournai, 139; at Moustier, 140; demobilised, 140-142; at Kirkcaldy, 142; predecessors, 159-164; Commanding Officers, 164

Fife Yeomanry Cavalry, 159

Fifeshire Light Dragoons, 159

Fifeshire Mounted Rifle Volunteers, 161; review at Edinburgh, 162

Fifeshire Volunteer Light Horse Corps, the 1st, 162

Foka Hill, 83, 84, 92; capture of, 93

Fontes, 122, 137

Football, games of, 121, 138, 140

Forfar, 2

Forfar Yeomanry or Angus Cavalry, 159; re-raised, 161; disbanded, 162

Forfarshire Light Horse Volunteer Corps, the 1st, 162

Fort Conan, 24

Franvillers, 127

Fraser, Lieut. H.L., 154

Frasnes, 139

Fusilier Ridge, 57, 114

Galbraith, R.Q.M.S. W.J., 158; at Kirkcaldy, 142

Gall, R.S.M., 156

Gallipoli, 14-27; thunderstorm at, 22

Gamli, 60

Gara, 38; sandstorm, 32; cloud-burst, 32, 39

Gaza, attacks on, 48, 51; capture of, 70

Gebel-el-Ghenneiem, 34

George IV., King, reviews the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 160

George V., King, inspects the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 4, 140; wire to Lord Lovat, 142

German Army, attack on, 132-136; evacuate Tournai, 139; trenches, occupied, 124

Gibb, Corporal, 158

Gibraltar, Straits of, 12

Gilmour, Lieut.-Colonel J., 164; commanding the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 29, 48, 148; D.S.O. conferred, 58, 165; wounded at the battle of Sheria, 68; bar to his D.S.O., 69; commanding the 20th Company Imperial Yeomanry, 163

Gilmour, Lieut.-Col. Sir John, commanding the Forfarshire Light Horse Volunteer Corps, 162; retires, 163

Girdwood, Major-General E.S., commanding the 74th Division, 71; presents medals, 71; prizes, 141; tribute to, 143

Goz-el-Gelieb, 70

Grammont, 140

Grand Rullecourt, 120, 121

Gray, Lieut. W., 36

Grimsby, 6

Gyppy Cavalry, 35; garrison Dakhla Oasis, 38

Hair, Sergt.-Major J., 157

Haking, Lieut.-General Sir R., Corps Commander, inspection by, 126

Halkett, Capt., Sir Arthur, 161

Ham en Artois, 122, 126

Hamilton, Sir Ian, inspects the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 4

Haubourdin, 137

Haute Deule Canal, 137

Hell's Gate, 38

Henderson, Private ("Dinkum") 150, 155

Henderson, Sergt.-Major, 158

Herd, Sergeant William, 157

Herdman, Lieut. C.W., 148

Herlies, 137

Highland Mounted Brigade, 2; strength, 29; at Sherika, 32

Highland Territorial Division, the 51st, 2

Hill A, 84, 85; capture of, 93

Hill 1070, capture of, 62; 1750, 79; attack on, 80; 2450, battle on, 98

Hindenburg line, 135

Hoare, Brig.-General R., 31, 130; wounded, 134, 144

Hodge, Capt. Chappell, commanding the 20th Company Imperial Yeomanry, 162; death, 163

Hogsthorpe, 6

Honours and Awards, 165-67

Humbercourt, 120

Hunter, General Sir A., 163

Huntingdon, 4, 5

Hutchison, Capt. R.G., 148

I.C.C. the, 67; at Sherika, 33; relieved, 38

Im Seirat, 51

Imbros, peaks of, 18

Imperial Camel Corps, 61

Imperial Yeomanry, the 20th Company, 162

Indarra, H.M.T., 117

Inverness Battery, 2

Irgeig, 65

Ismailia, 39, 41

Izieres, 140

Jackson, Capt. G.E., Staff Captain, 2

Jaffa, 72

Jericho, 111

Jerusalem, advance on, 87-91; fall of, 89; entry into, 104

Jones' Post, 57

Judaea, 76

Judaean Hills, 73, 75

Junction Station, 73, 76

Juvisy, 119

Kantara, 42, 43, 50, 116

Karm, 61, 70

Kereina Ridge, 92

Kefr Skeyan, 92, 110

Kent Hill, 115

Khamsin wind, 53

Khan Abu Felah, 107, 114

Khan Yunis, 48

Kharga, 33, 34, 35; Oasis Detachment, at Sherika, 32

Khirbet Kereina, 84

Kilo, 31, 35

King, Lieut.-Colonel A.J., 2

Kinniburgh, Lieut. J.D., killed at the battle of Sheria, 68

Kinross, 2, 142

Kirkcaldy, 2, 142; depot for recruiting, 4

Kitchener, Lord, 22

Kubeibe, 78, 86, 94, 96

Kulonieh, 91

Kuryet-el-Enab, 87

Kuwauka system, attack on, 66

Kuweilfeh, 64, 65

La Bassee Canal, 123, 126

La Houssoye, 127

La Pierriere, 122

Lala Baba, 28

Lamain, 139

Latron, 77

Le Foret, 127

Leitch, Sergeant, J.J., 158

Levant, the, 18

Light Car Patrol, 36, 38

Ligny, 122; Wood, 137

Ligny St Flochel, 120

Likia, 78

Lindsay, Lieut. A.S., commanding the Light Car Patrol, 36, 153

Lindsay, Captain M.E., 9, 145, 146

Loch Lomond, 2

Locon, 137

London Regiment, 127, 129; Yeomanry Company, 38

Longavesnes, 130, 133

Lovat, Lord, illness, 29; wire from King George V., 142

Lovat's Scouts, 2, 19, 23, 30; at Salonika, 35

Lowson, Private David, 157

Ludd, 116

Lumsden, C.S.M. J., 155

Lys, the, 126

Mack, Sergeant Nathaniel, 158

MacNeil, Lieut.-Colonel Angus, commanding the Kharga Oasis Detachment, 32; opens the swimming-bath at Sherika, 37

Mafeking, relief of, 163

Mahmeh, attack on, 97

Malta, 12, 118

Mansura Ridge, 52

Maricourt, 127

Marquain, 138

Marseilles, 118, 119

Marshall, Lieut. D., march to Tenida, 37, 148

Marshall, Major-General W.R., 26

M'Dougal, Lieut. A.R., bombing school, 36; the "Gallipoli Spider," 150

Meherique, 35; Roman Fort at, 34

Mejdal, 74

Melsom, Captain, of the Andania, 10

Melville, Captain Whyte, 145

Mena Camp, 30

Mericourt, 137

M'Guffog, A., 157

Middlesex Regiment, 67

Minia, 31

Miquellerie, 126

Mitchell, Lieut.-Colonel A., commanding the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 29, 163; illness, 29

M'Kenzie, Lieut.-Colonel J.M., 134; illness, 140; commanding the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 164

M'Laren, Sergt.-Major, 154

M'Lean, Lieut. J., 132, 157

M'Nab, Captain J., holds the Round Hill, 114 wounded, 130

M'Niven, C.Q.M.S. J., 157

Moislains, attack on, 128

Molinghem, 127

Montgomery and Welsh Horse Yeomanry, the 25th, 130

Morison, Lieut.-Colonel, commanding the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 160

Mosquitoes, war on, 35, 147

Moustier, 140

Mudros Harbour, 13, 28

Nablus, 111; attack on, 92, 97

Nairn, Captain I.C., 114; killed, 130

Nairn, Major R.S., illness, 29

Nazlet el Abid, 31

Neby Samwil, 89, 91; capture of, 86

Nile, the, 31; Valley, 34, 91

Nisbet, Sergt.-Major W., at Kirkcaldy, 142

Noc River, 123

Nooitgedacht, 163

Norfolk, 7

Norfolk Regiment, 58, 121

North Devon Hussars, 30; at Sherika, 35

North Lane Trench, 23

Noyelles, 119

Nurlu Village, 128

Ogilvie, Major D.D., 112, 114, 133; commanding B Squadron, 26; acting M.L.O., 27; march to Tenida, 37; commanding C Squadron, 40; and the Battalion 140, 164; return to Kirkcaldy, 142

Ogilvie, Sergeant-Major Alec, 154

Orcq, 138

Orilux torches, 80

Ormiston, Capt. J.W., 133; adjutant, 150, 164

Osborne, Major G.E.B., adjutant, illness, 29; commanding B Squadron, 40; killed at the battle of Sheria, 68

Oswald, Captain, 161

Paris, 119

Petit Ronchin, 137

Peyton Avenue Trench, 22, 23, 27

Peyton, Major-General W., 19

Philistia, Plain of, 70, 72

Pimple Post, 135

Pitt, Rt Hon. W., appeal for soldiers, 159

Portobello, review at, 160

Pree, Major C.G. de, 19, 24, 26, 40

Prince Abbas, the, 28

Purvis, Capt. R., commanding the 20th Company Imperial Yeomanry, 163; wounded, 163

Q 20 Central, camp at, 78, 85, 94

Quennemont Farm, 135

Quennet Copse, 135

Quentin Road, 125

Rafa, 46-48

Railhead, 35; Persian Temple, 34

Ram Allah, 92, 109, 116

Raspberry Hill, 51

Rawlinson, General, commanding Fourth Army, tribute to the 74th Division, 136

Regent's Park, 57, 58

Renton, Sergeant, 156

Rhone Valley, 119

Ricketts, Lieut. W., Quartermaster, 29, 148

Rifleman Post, 135

Rigg, Lieut. P.J.H., 148

Road-making, 107, 109

Robecq, 122, 124, 125

Robertson, Capt. J.R., death, 149

Roger, Private W., D.C.M. conferred, 20, 156, 165

Ronssoy, 133

Ross, Corporal, 147

Rosslyn, Lieut.-Gen. the Earl of, commanding the Fifeshire Mounted Rifle Volunteers, 145

Round Hill, 114

Royal Devon Yeomanry, 30; at Sherika, 35

Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 160; review, 160; disbanded, 161; re-established, 161

Royal Highlanders, the 14th Battalion, 41; see Fife

Royal Scots, the 4th, 56

Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 121

Rue, 120

Rues des Vaches Farm, 124

St Angelo, Castle of, 12

St Cyr, airships at, 119

St Emilie, 131

St Firmin, 119

St Ives, 4

St James' Park, 103

St Paul's Bay, 12

St Pol, 120

St Venant Sector, 122

Salonika, 35

Salt Lake, 17

Samothrace, 18

Samson's Ridge, 57

Sandstorm at Gara, 32

Sari Bahr, 17

Savage, Private P., 157

Scotian, the, 28

Scots Guards, defeated at football, 121

Scott, Lieut. W., 150

Scottish Horse, 26, 30

Selwad, 112

Senussi, the, 31; flight, 37

Shafa, Hill of, 99

Sharp, Capt. H.S., adjutant, 9, 40, 146; illness, 29; at Wadi Selman, 80; tribute to, 105

Shechem, 111

Sheikh Abbas Sector, 54

Sheikh Abdullah, 111

Sheikh Nebhan, 49, 52

Sheikh Zowaid, 45

Shellal, 61

Sheria, 65; attack on, 66-68; casualties, 68

Sherika, 32; swimming-bath, 36

Sidi Bishr, 28, 30

Sikh Mountain Gunners, at Sherika, 33

Simpson, Lieut. J., 162

Sinai Railway, 42

Skegness, 6

Smith, Capt. A.C., 19; M.C. conferred, 19; adjutant, 164

Smith-Dorrien, Gen. Sir H., inspects the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, 8

Snaefels, the, 27

Sohag, 31

Somersets, the, attack on Abu-el-Zeitun, 97; advance on Beitania, 101; at Yalo, 107; attack on Allaines, 128; on the Germans, 132; advance on Marquain, 138

Somme, the, 120, 127

South Lane Trench, 22, 23

South-Western Mounted Brigade, 30

Spanish influenza, epidemic of, 121

Spence-Jones, Lieut.-Colonel C.J.H., 134

Spreull, Capt. (later Lieut.-Col.) A., 148

Squadron System, introduction, 162

Stewart, Capt. R.W., 40, 146; killed, 130

Stirling, Lieut.-Col. A., 29

Stirlingshire, 2

Stirlingshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 160

Storrar, Private Morrison, 158

Submarine, sunk, 118

Suez Canal, 39

Suffa, 116

Suffolk Regiment, the 15th Battalion, 125

Sulajik, 17

Suvla, 16, 27

Sweetwater Canal, 39, 50

Swimming-bath, at Sherika, 36

Syderstone Common, 146

Tahta Ridge, 85

Tattenham Corner, 109, 116

Tel Asur, 111, 116; capture of, 112

Tel-el-Ful, 88, 89

Tel-el-Jemmi, 50

Tel-el-Saba, 63

Tel-el-Sheria, 67

Templeux la Fosse, 134

Templeux le Guerard, 133

Tenida, 38

Thackeray, Brig.-General F.S., 134

Thompson, Lieut. E.A., killed at the battle of Sheria, 68

Thomson, Captain Anstruther, 161

Thomson, Col. J. Anstruther, commanding the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 160

Thunderstorm at Gallipoli, 22

Timsah, Lake, 39

Todd, L./Corpl. J., 157

Toine Post, 135

Tortille River, 128

Tournai, evacuated by the Germans, 139

Trench fever, 25

Trenches, digging, 16, 22, 52

Tuck, Capt. A.J.M., 139

Tuke, Capt. A., 21, 40, 147; illness, 26, 29; war on mosquitoes, 35, 147; awarded a Military Cross, 148, 165

Turbeaute River, 125

Turkish Army, snipers, 19; attack on El Buggar, 60; retreat, 70, 72; counter-attacks, 77, 84; flight from Shafa, 100

Two Tree Farm, 55, 56

Um Gerrar, 49

Ushant, Cape, 11

Vaal, the, 147

Valentine, Lance-Sergeant J., D.C.M. conferred, 20, 165

Valetta Harbour, 12

Versailles, 119

Victoria, Queen, review in Edinburgh, 162

Villers-Bretonneux, 136

Villers Faucon, 131

Wadi Ain Arik, 92, 109

Wadi Ghuzzeh, 49, 50, 58, 60, 71, 72

Wadi Hannina, 89, 90

Wadi Imaish, 84, 92, 106

Wadi Kelt, 101

Wadi Kolah, 113

Wadi Melab, 106

Wadi Reuben, 53

Wadi Saba, 61, 62, 63

Wadi Sad, 109

Wadi Selke, 59

Wadi Selman, 79, 92, 94

Wadi Shebab, 79, 80

Wadi Sukharieh, 73, 75

Wadi Sunt, 105

Wadi Zait, 79, 83, 85, 92, 93, 95

Water Dump A, 35, 37, 38

Wemyss, Colonel W., commanding the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 160

Wemyss, W., of Cuttlehill, 144; commanding the Battalion, 69, 164; tribute to, 105; at Cairo, 109

West Somerset Yeomanry, 30; at Sherika, 35

White Hill, 115

Willow Tree Well, 24

Wood, Capt. A.R. Dick, 125, 154

Yalo, camp at, 106

Yeomanry Regiment, the first, 159

Young, Private Hastie, 156

Younger, Lieut.-Colonel J., vii., 117; commanding B Squadron, 24; illness, 26, 29; second in command, 40;

Wemyss, W., of Cuttlehill, 144; commanding the Battalion, 69, 164; tribute to, 105; at Cairo, 109

Zeitun Ridge, 84, 92; capture of, 98



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