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| Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment (19th Foot) The North York Militia, The North York Local Militia & North York Rifle Volunteers | |||||||
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Issue 18.
SEPTEMBER 2004.
Egypt & Sudan The Green Howards August 1884 - February 1888 To obtain a copy of this newsletter, please forward a cheque or money order for £6-00 (includes postage) to the Green Howards Museum, Trinity Square, Richmond, N Yorks DL10 4QN. For copies of other Newsletters, select the link below. Details of the contents of Issue Number 18 are shown below. |
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18. September 2004 Egypt & Sudan, The Green Howards August 1884 - February 1888 |
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The 1st Battalion Princess of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) received orders for Egypt on 3 July 1884. They were then stationed in Malta, having arrived there in March from Halifax, Nova Scotia (see Newsletter No 15). The regiment was initially stationed in Alexandria, but then moved up the Nile in 1885 for duties in Egypt and the Sudan. The Newsletter describes action around Suakin (1884-1885) and the Battle of Ginnis (December 1885), - the last time that the British Army wore scarlet tunics in action. General service conditions in Egypt and the Sudan are also decribed. The Newsletter draws heavily on personal accounts from the letters and diaries of men serving at the time, with some of these accounts being from prreviously unpublished letters. The Newsletter is copiously illustrated with maps and contemporary photographs, and there are many portraits of officers serving in the Green Howards at the time. |
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| Time Line | The principle events involving the 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment between 1884 - 1888 are listed, with an accompanying map. | ||
| The Background | The historical events, including the death of
General Gordon in Khartoum, that lay behind the involvement of the British
Army in Egypt and the Sudan at that time. The previously unpublished letters of Lieutenant Archibald Paxton provide a possible explanation as to why the Green Howards were not used on the Gordon Relief Expedition. |
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| Life with the Egyptian Field Frontier Force | Extracts from Lieutenant Michael Ferrar's diary provides some fascinating insights into service in Egypt in 1885. | ||
| The Suakin Expedition, 1885 | A detachment of Green Howards served as Mounted Infantry in the Suakin Expedition of 1885. The personal account of Lieutenant William Cotesworth is used to illustrate life as a Mounted Infantryman. | ||
| With the Mounted Infantry at the Battle of Hashin, March 1885 | Lieutenant William Cotesworth describes the events of this battle, as seen from the perspective of a Mounted Infantryman. An extremely comprehensive account is provided. | ||
| Life in Korosko | The letters home of Lieutenant Archibald Paxton provide a vivid insight into life at Korosko, and the cares of young officers. | ||
| The Green Howards Move Up to the Front, November 1885 | Accounts are provided from Lieutenant Michael Ferrar's diaries, as well as Lieutenant John Ewart of the 79th Cameron Highlanders. | ||
| The Battle of Ginnis, 30 December 1885 | The account of the battle draws extensively on the personal accounts of Major John Eden, Lieutenant Michael Ferrar, Lieutenant Archibald Paxton, and Lieutenant William Mercer. | ||
| Officers of the 1st Battalion, Egypt 1887 | A superb portrait occupies the central two pages of the Newsletter, where 19 of the officers serving at the time are identified. | ||
| Conditions in Egypt | Heat and disease caused extraordinary deprivations in the British Army. An insight is provided by the accounts of Lieutenant Michael Ferrar and Colonel W F Butler, commander of the garrison at Assouan. | ||
| Regimental Personalities, - Major M L Ferrar | A biography is provided of this extremely fine officer, who afforded the Green Howards such an extraordinarily valuable historical legacy. | ||
