This book is well illustrated with contemporary photographs and has a chronology from August 1914 to July 1919, as well as a full bibliography and a list of websites, and is indexed. It will be useful for anyone whose ancestors served in these campaigns or who is interested in this period of the Great War.

Essex Family History Society

Stuart Hadaway has produced a very valuable and extremely readable book and I cannot recommend it highly enough - even if you do not have ancestors who served in that theatre of the war.

Lucy London, War Poets

The publication of Stuart Hadaway’s addition to the Pen & Sword family history series covering the campaigns in Egypt and Palestine during the First World War is timely, coming in the centenary year of the capture of Jerusalem by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) and renewed academic interest in the wider scope of the war. The book also fills a much-needed gap for those family historians wishing to trace ancestors who served in this important campaign, for too long regarded as a side-show to the colossal struggle on the Western Front.

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Historical Researcher, Heathcliffe Bowen

The book provides a valuable guide to military service in Egypt and Palestine in the First World War, while also giving The reader an insight into the actual experience of war in the region 100 years ago.

Jon Sandison, Freelance

The publication of Stuart Hadaway’s addition to the Pen & Sword family history series covering the campaigns in Egypt and Palestine during the First World War is timely, coming in the centenary year of the capture of Jerusalem by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) and renewed academic interest in the wider scope of the war. The book also fills a much-needed gap for those family historians wishing to trace ancestors who served in this important campaign, for too long regarded as a side-show to the colossal struggle on the Western Front...

Western Front Association, Heathcliffe Bowen

If your ancestors served in the Middle East, Stuart Hadaway's guide will help you explore their roles and the appalling conditions they endured, sadly often with little thanks or recognition.

Family Tree, September 2017

Hadaway has produced a particularly useful book that is easy to follow, informative and well-illustrated, not to mention a joy to read. This title sits within a wider series dedicated to family research during the First World War, but if your ancestor served in Egypt or Palestine this is the book for you!

Who Do You Think You Are, August 2017

An essential guide for anyone whose ancestors were engaged in these two iconic campaigns during world war one. This series from Pen and Sword is unparalleled and goes from strength to strength.

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