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Palestine 1947 - 1948
Thanks to Don Millns for the 2nd Battalion's Newsletters numbers 1 - 7 (1947) and numbers 10 & 11 (1948).
If you have any further copies of these newsletters, please contact us. We would like to obtain copies of a full set. Thank you.
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No.1 - March 1947
- Page 1 - Introduction
- Page 1 - Operation Hippo
- Page 2 - Martial Law in Jerusalem
- Page 2 - Attack on the Syrian Orphanage
- Page 3 - Arrivals and Departures
- Page 4 - Battalion Attack Exercises
- Page 4 - Return to Palestine
- Page 4 - Arrivals
No. 2 - April 1947
- Page 1 - Curfew in Jerusalem
- Page 1 - Cairo - Haifa Express Attacked
- Page 1 - Road Blocks in Jerusalem
- Page 2 - Strengths
- Page 2 - Results of searches during Operation Hippo
- Page 2 - Sport
- Page 3 - Move to Nathanya
- Page 3 - Arrivals
- Page 3 - Departures
- Page 4 - Departures
- Page 4 - The Corps of Drums
- Page 4 - Act of Courage
- Page 5 - Sport
No. 3 - May 1947
- Page 1 - Attacks by Jewish Extremists
- Page 1 - Camp 22
- Page 2 - Illegal Immigrants at Haifa
- Page 2 - Arrivals
- Page 3 - Departures
- Page 3 - Strengths
- Page 3 - Sport
- Page 4 - Sport
No. 4 - June 1947
- Page 1 - Two British Policemen Abducted
- Page 1 - 'C' Coy move to Tiberias
- Page 1 - 'D' Coy move to Tel Litwinsky
- Page 2 - Brigade moves to Sarafand
- Page 2 - Arrivals
- Page 3 - Departures
- Page 3 - Sport
No. 5 - July 1947
- Page 1 - Two British Sergeants Kidnapped
- Page 1 - Illegal Immigrants aboard the "Exodus 1947"
- Page 1 - Bedford Truck hit Mine - 3 Casualties
- - see photographs of this truck -
- Page 1 - L/Cpl J Rowland commended for administering First Aid
- Page 2 - Two British Sergeants hanged by the I.Z.L.
- - Irgun Zeva'i Le'umi (IZL): Jewish Para-Militaries -
- Page 2 - 'S' Company catch Arab Robber
- Page 2 - Arrivals
- Page 3 - Arrivals
- Page 3 - Departures
- Page 3 - Strength
- Page 4 - Sport
No. 6 - August
- Page 1 - The murders of Martin and Paice
- Page 1 - 60 Arrests under the Emergency Regulations
- Page 1 - Cairo - Haifa Mail Train Derailed by Jewish Bomb
- Page 1 - Curfew in Tel Aviv
- Page 2 - Sport
- Page 3 - Arrivals
- Page 3 - Departures
- Page 3 - Thug Activity During August
- Page 4 - Immigration
No. 7 - September and October
- Page 1 - Palestine before the United Nations
- Page 2 - Haifa Police HQ blown up - 10 Killed
- Page 3 - Illegal Immigrants
- Page 3 - 3rd Infantry Brigade move to Zarqa in Trans-Jordan
- Page 4 - Departures
- Page 4 - Sports
- Page 5 - Athletics
No. 10 - January 1948
- Page 1 - Invasion of Palestine by Syria
- Page 1 - U.N. moves towards Partition
- Page 2 - Operation Orange Grove
- Page 2 - Illegal Immigration
- Page 3 - The Pan-York and Pan-Crescent
- Page 4 - Camp Incidents
- Page 5 - Talk given by Lt-Col S A Cooke OBE
- Page 5 - Departures
- Page 5 - Arrivals
- Page 6 - Sport
No. 11 - February 1948
- Page 1 - Sobraon Day
- Page 2 - Battalion Band revived
- Page 3 - Operation Orange Grove
- Page 4 - Action on the Jaffa Road
- Page 5 - Stash of Explosives Found
- Page 6 - Battalion Moves in to vacant RAF Hospital
- Page 7 - Company Moves to Jaffoon
- Page 8 - Return to Manshiya