A quick note to let you know that Alec Riley’s Egypt diary (Si apre in una nuova finestra) is now in print. 

The hardcover with dust jacket is a week or two away, but the paperback (Si apre in una nuova finestra) and Kindle ebook (Si apre in una nuova finestra) are available now through Amazon.

We’ve illustrated the account (Si apre in una nuova finestra) with contemporary photos of Egypt by British, Australian and New Zealand soldiers. (Special thanks to Steve Chambers for sharing an album compiled by a man in the Divisional Signal Company.) 

There are also 4 specially produced maps, biographies of many of the soldiers named in the text (including a detailed look at General Sir Ian Hamilton), and a list documenting the Field State of the East Lancashire Division at embarkation in 1914.

We’ll start work on the Netley diary soon. Next week we head to Gallipoli, where we’ll meet up with Peter Hart’s tour. More on that later!