Armenians in service of British and French in WWI

In October 1915, Kitchener asked Cairo British headquarters to consider recruiting and training Armenian exiles as guerrillas in Syria and his idea was later revived by Admiral Wemyss.  When the French occupied Syria, they pressed ahead with plans to raise and train their own Syrian army, largely drawn from Armenian refugees.

In October 1915, Kitchener asked Cairo British headquarters to consider recruiting and training Armenian exiles as guerrillas in Syria and his idea was later revived by Admiral Wemyss.  When the French occupied Syria, they pressed ahead with plans to raise and train their own Syrian army, largely drawn from Armenian refugees.