"Very soon the rain will come, and then the mud, and then we shall
look for the Christmas parcels, British books, local papers, and
more than all--that long-promised holiday for the
Army-of-Occupation-Volunteer!!".
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PART VII.
Epilogue.
The following extract from a letter from an officer at Aleppo to a former
"O.C." of the Squadron (now demobilized) will perhaps serve as a fitting
close to the record of the service of the 20TH MACHINE-GUN SQUADRON.
"Aleppo.
"4-10-19.
"Dear.....
"Just a line to let you know how we are getting on. The 14th B'de
has been abolished and several Units disbanded. The Cadre of the
Sherwoods also, who are now in the 13th Brigade, is going home, but
there are only a few of them to go to U.K. The 20th M.G.S. is to be
disbanded, and the personnel to go to the 19th Squadron. We got
orders yesterday to wind up the '20th' and send the personnel to
the '19th' and I have to report to the 10th Cav. Bde. at Homs. What
for I don't know yet. One consolation, all the men but five are now
eligible for U.K.!! Well, well, it can't be helped, and perhaps it
is as well we were broken up now as the men will perhaps be home by
Xmas if the Strike is over.
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