PALESTINE--INIGO-JONES- LT. CHARLES MEREDITH Collection of 27 autograph letters signed ("Mere"), to his mother ("Dear Mater") whilst on active service in Palestine DETAILING HIS EXPERIENCES DURING THE FIRST MONTHS OF THE ARAB REVOLT AGAINST THE BRITISH, together with another bundle of 12 letters written from Egypt, two letters to another family member ("Dear Auntie Dockie"), and a further c.10 fragments of additional letters, the majority with envelopes, altogether c.215 pages, 4to and 8vo, March-December 1936 [with:] photographs [also with:] partial carbon copy typescript of the Palestine letters, 41 pages These letters by a young commissioned officer rejoicing in the name Mere Inigo-Jones-(b.1912) provide a detailed insight into British Mandate Palestine during the early part of the Arab nationalist uprising known as the Great Revolt. Inigo-Jones-was chiefly stationed on Mount Scopus, just outside the walled city of Jerusalem, but travelled extensively around Palestine. Throughout 1936 he wrote diary-letters to his mother that describe an unpopular but well-equipped foreign army facing sustained low-level attack from guerrillas who were often indistinguishable - at least to the British - from the local population. He was present in mid-June when the British advanced into the old city of Jaffa by blowing up buildings with gelignite ("...the result was various people came out with their belongings by the dozen, and it took us all our time to search them..."), and was tasked with searching deep foetid cellars and narrow alleyways after the city had been under siege for 40 days. He was in personal danger numerous times, not least during an ill-advised march through the Judean hills in the height of summer without adequate supplies but also, for example, when repairing a broken-down truck during a firefight on night-time patrol ("...this time I got a towing rope fixed up, it was a most unpleasant experience as they were firing about 50 yds away - and were on the crest of the road in full moonlight, one could see the flashes in the trees in either side of the road, as well as the whine of bullets as they passed...", 29 September). He was on regular foot patrol, often searching Arab villages ("...found several swords and muzzle loaders...") which could easily flare into violence. A patrol near Ramallah on 4 August resulted in the shooting of an Arab, for example, whilst on another occasion his camp came under fire although the chief danger on that occasion was the drunk British soldier shooting a mortar. However, he was not immune to the beauties and extraordinary history of the region and despite the unrest he found time to visit the great sites of Biblical history. He also describes meeting Samaritans, and even being shown an ancient Samaritan Bible, on a day trip to Nablus.
PALESTINE--INIGO-JONES- LT. CHARLES MEREDITH Collection of 27 autograph letters signed ("Mere"), to his mother ("Dear Mater") whilst on active service in Palestine DETAILING HIS EXPERIENCES DURING THE FIRST MONTHS OF THE ARAB REVOLT AGAINST THE BRITISH, together with another bundle of 12 letters written from Egypt, two letters to another family member ("Dear Auntie Dockie"), and a further c.10 fragments of additional letters, the majority with envelopes, altogether c.215 pages, 4to and 8vo, March-December 1936 [with:] photographs [also with:] partial carbon copy typescript of the Palestine letters, 41 pages These letters by a young commissioned officer rejoicing in the name Mere Inigo-Jones-(b.1912) provide a detailed insight into British Mandate Palestine during the early part of the Arab nationalist uprising known as the Great Revolt. Inigo-Jones-was chiefly stationed on Mount Scopus, just outside the walled city of Jerusalem, but travelled extensively around Palestine. Throughout 1936 he wrote diary-letters to his mother that describe an unpopular but well-equipped foreign army facing sustained low-level attack from guerrillas who were often indistinguishable - at least to the British - from the local population. He was present in mid-June when the British advanced into the old city of Jaffa by blowing up buildings with gelignite ("...the result was various people came out with their belongings by the dozen, and it took us all our time to search them..."), and was tasked with searching deep foetid cellars and narrow alleyways after the city had been under siege for 40 days. He was in personal danger numerous times, not least during an ill-advised march through the Judean hills in the height of summer without adequate supplies but also, for example, when repairing a broken-down truck during a firefight on night-time patrol ("...this time I got a towing rope fixed up, it was a most unpleasant experience as they were firing about 50 yds away - and were on the crest of the road in full moonlight, one could see the flashes in the trees in either side of the road, as well as the whine of bullets as they passed...", 29 September). He was on regular foot patrol, often searching Arab villages ("...found several swords and muzzle loaders...") which could easily flare into violence. A patrol near Ramallah on 4 August resulted in the shooting of an Arab, for example, whilst on another occasion his camp came under fire although the chief danger on that occasion was the drunk British soldier shooting a mortar. However, he was not immune to the beauties and extraordinary history of the region and despite the unrest he found time to visit the great sites of Biblical history. He also describes meeting Samaritans, and even being shown an ancient Samaritan Bible, on a day trip to Nablus.
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