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After six months initial training at Sarafand & then from October 1926 at Shunet Nimrin in the Jordan Valley, TJFF HQ moved to Zerqa east of the Jordan River in Trans-Jordan. The cavalry squadrons being based at Zerqa and the camel company at Ma'an. In 1929, the TJFF assisted in dealing with Arab unrest in Palestine. The camel company moved to Jericho and one cavalry squadron to Jisr el Majamie. A second cavalry squadron was raised then sent as reinforcement in early 1930. The mechanised company was formed in 1930, based at Ma'an (the camel companies being disbanded later that year) and motorisation extended the range of the TJFF further out into the desert.
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File:2nd Lieut. Smyth handwritten text (cable laying).jpg|Cable laying
File:2nd Lieut. Smyth handwritten text (aircraft communication with troops 1).jpg|Aircraft communication with troops 1
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File:2nd Lieut. Smyth handwritten text (aircraft communication with troops 1).jpg|Aircraft communication with troops 3
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|post =Part two: Duplicated notes regarding communications with aircraft for Lt M. Smyth Border Regt (11th Bn.) dated 2/1/19 from a course he attended at The Army Signalling School in Dunstable (I guess sort of early duplicated course “handouts”) . Paul
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The attached photo shows him in August 1951 with Princess Margaret inspecting the Museum’s stand at Carlisle Industrial Exhibition.
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