PALESTINE CORPS
INSPECTION IN ENGLAND
(Britten Official Wireless.)
(Received July 24, 11.20 a.m.)
RUGBY, July 23
The Secretary for the Colonies, Lord Lloyd, who inspected the Palestinian Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps, was received on his arrival by MajorGeneral D. G. Johnson, V.C.
The troops included no fewer than 22 different nationalities, including both Arabs and Jews.
Lord Lloyd congratulated the men on their fine behaviour in France, where the corps was engaged on railway construction work, but in the end was1 called on to form part of the battalion which guarded the evacuation of the troops at St. Malo. Many of the men had considerable previous experience in armies in other countries.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 21, 24 July 1940, Page 9
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