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38th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
38th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was raised at Plymouth on the 20th January 1918 from Jewish volunteers, who were mainly Russian immigrants. They sailed for Egypt on the 5th of February 1918. After training they joined 31st Brigade, 10th (Irish) Division on the 11th of June 1918. On the 25th of July they were detached from their Brigade and during September they were attached to the Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division.
Jan 1918 Reorganisation
Jan 1918 Recruiting
2nd Feb 1918 Parade
2nd Feb 1918 A Stiring Spectacle
5th Feb 1918 On the Move
Apr 1918 Reorganisation
5th Jun 1918 On the Move
5th Sep 1918 Reliefs
17th Sep 1918 Demonstration
18th Sep 1918 Shelling
19th Sep 1918 Attack Made
20th Sep 1918 Attacks Made
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Pte. Sam Yurik 38th (Service) Btn. Royal Fusiliers  Sam Yurik emigrated from Russia to the US in 1914. He never petitioned to naturalize, and thus remained a Resident Alien until his death in 1966. In 1917, when America entered the war, any immigrant who had not yet filed a petition to naturalize was ineligible for the draft, and the draft was compulsory. The risk was being deported as an alien slacker. So Sam, who registered for the draft in 1917, joined the Jewish Legion and arrived in Windsor, Nova Scotia on 22nd of July 1918, for training. Once his training was complete, he shipped to England, where he served with the 38th Btn. of the Royal Fusiliers.
Sam arrived back in North America in September of 1919 and returned to his work as a cap maker in a factory in Brooklyn.
I have four eloquent letters home from 1918. I am searching for some record of where Sam served in Palestine?
He left no record of his service, he kept no letters and passed on no stories. But two sisters he worked with in the cap factory kept his letters and the daughter of the sister he was in love with, gave what she had to me.
Sam married a woman named Florence and they had one child, Solomon Yurik Sol who became a famous left-wing American novelist.
If anyone comes across anything related to Sam or the 38th Btn's deployment in late 1918 and early 1919, I would be grateful to learn more.
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Pte. Nahum Gelman 38th Btn. Royal Fusiliers Nahum Gelman was 28 when he died on 20th March 1920. He was the Son of Braha Gelman. Native of Kiev.
He is buried in the Tel Aviv Jewish Cemetery, Israel.
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Cpl. Henry Cohen 38th Battalion Royal Fusiliers This is what I know of my father Hank Cohen;s history. He was known to enlist under age and I am trying to track his military history.
He was in Egypt on 22nd of Dec 1919
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