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April to July 1918 finds Capt Neville Percival as Adjutant of the newly formed 7th (Indian) Division Machine Gun Battalion, recently arrived from Mesopotamia. At the beginning of August he is returned to A Squadron The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry as part of XXIst Corps Cavalry Regiment under command of Lt Col Tyrrell, 5th Lancers. A Squadron The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry continue to serve out in Palestine through the Armistice with the Ottoman Empire (30 October 1918) and the armistice in Europe until returning back to "Blighty" for demobilisation at Thetford, Norfolk in February 1919.
The photographs herewith are held in the Regimental Museum (MOL) Preston in a separate album with the following reference...
There are several photographs which include FNP; I include one here to set the scene.
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