9th Battalion Mesopotamis & Persia

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9th Battalion Mesopotamis & Persia

Postby CNB » Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:21 pm

When my grandfather left the army in early 1919 ( from Baku) he was given a letter by the Commanding Officer of the 39th brigade. It was thanking him (and others no doubt) for his good service and in particular he was commended for his service "with a small detached force, a 'side show' ", and then refers to "your march alone, unsupported through hostile country, many hundreds of miles from your base" which "will be remembered as one of the remarkable feats of British arms".
Now I have always assumed this refers to the Long March to Baghdad BUT I have this niggling thought that it may refer to the Dunsteville 'campaign'.
That too involved men from the Worcesters and marching all round the region .
I have read somewhere that Dunsterville took mainly officers - but do not know if this is true. My g'father was a private.
So if anyone has any thoughts on this, I would be very interested.
Many thanks
Coral Beavis
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