I have a soldier who died at the battle of Gaza yet the SDGW says he died in Egypt. He is remembered on the Jerusalem Memorial. I have another soldier who died in 1918 of dysentery in Egypt (according to the SDGW) but is buried in Jerusalem. Both were with the 1/5th RWF. I'm a little confused. Peter

On Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:42:12 +0100, Peter Metcalfe <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a soldier who died at the battle of Gaza yet the SDGW says he > died in Egypt. He is remembered on the Jerusalem Memorial. > > I have another soldier who died in 1918 of dysentery in Egypt (according > to the SDGW) but is buried in Jerusalem. It's not my area of expertise but might Egypt be the campaign or 'field of battle' rather than the country? I note from Wikipedia "The First Battle of Gaza was fought on 26 March 1917, during the first attempt by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) to invade the south of Palestine in the Ottoman Empire during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War." Malcolm. -- Malcolm Austen <[email protected]>

Peter - Their identities would be usefull. Tom Tulloch-Marshall WW1 Military Research -----Original Message----- From: Peter Metcalfe [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 14 June 2018 16:42 To: GREATWAR Subject: [GREATWAR] Gaza or Egypt I have a soldier who died at the battle of Gaza yet the SDGW says he died in Egypt. He is remembered on the Jerusalem Memorial. I have another soldier who died in 1918 of dysentery in Egypt (according to the SDGW) but is buried in Jerusalem. Both were with the 1/5th RWF. I'm a little confused. Peter _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/[email protected]/ Archives: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Pte William Edmund Wheeler, No 241229 1/5th RWF Born in Portsea Island, Hampshire in 1872 Lived in Flint, Flintshire KIA in the battle of Gaza 26th March 1917 Pte Reuben Wiggins, No 240192 1/5th RWF Born in Wolverhampton in 1893 Lived in Flint, Flintshire Died of dysentery and pneumonia in Egypt 21st October 1918 On Thu, 14 Jun 2018 19:35:48 +0100, Tom Tulloch-Marshall via GREATWAR <[email protected]> wrote: > Peter - Their identities would be usefull. > Tom Tulloch-Marshall > > WW1 Military Research > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Metcalfe [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 14 June 2018 16:42 > To: GREATWAR > Subject: [GREATWAR] Gaza or Egypt > > I have a soldier who died at the battle of Gaza yet the SDGW says he died in > Egypt. He is remembered on the Jerusalem Memorial. > > I have another soldier who died in 1918 of dysentery in Egypt (according to > the SDGW) but is buried in Jerusalem. > > Both were with the 1/5th RWF. > > I'm a little confused. > > Peter > > _______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > > Unsubscribe > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/[email protected]/ > > Archives: > https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community > > _______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/[email protected]/ > > Archives: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community