Talk to reveal role of Scots regiments in Palestine campaign
dailyrecord.co.ukNew light will be shed on the key role of Scottish regiments in the one of the 20th century’s least known but most successful military campaigns, in a talk at Stirling Castle.The lecture, taking place on Saturday, April 9 and entitled ‘Logistics, Manoeuvre, Success: Allenby’s Palestine Campaign’, is the last in a series of well-attended historical talks held at the newly refurbished Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum in the castle’s King’s Old Building.Delivered by Colonel AK Miller, the Saturday morning talk will examine the part played by Territorial Force soldiers from the Royal Scots, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Kings Own Scottish Borderers, and Cameronians together with the 5th (Renfrewshire) Battalion of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in defeating a German-Turkish alliance in a series of decisive battles that led to the control of Palestine in 1917-1918.Unlike that of any other theatre of operations in the Great War, General Allenby’s Palestine Campaign, fought with the support of the ANZACs and the Indian Army, was one of high-manoeuvre warfare supported by a remarkable logistical effort.Leading to the successful conquest of the Levant, the outcome of the campaign has had a lasting impact on the Middle East to this day.Opened by HM The Queen in June 2021 following a £4.5million transformation, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum has hosted a popular series of lectures drawing on new research to highlight aspects of Scots military history.In this final talk of the spring series, Colonel Miller will explain the strategic importance of the Palestine campaign and its role in assuring the security of the Suez Canal, access to oil in the Middle East – and gaining advantage in Britain’s
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