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Description: | Ms dairy (120pp) kept during February 1915 - May 1917 and recording his service as an engine room artificer in HMS LORD NELSON in the Eastern Mediterranean during the Gallipoli campaign, describing her participation in bombardments of the Turkish forts at the entrance of the Dardanelles, criticising the British press for their constant references to HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, and commenting on the landing of the troops, describing the rescue of survivors from HMS GOLIATH before proceeding to Malta, the evacuation from the Peninsula and the disillusionment felt by the men and officers who served in the Gallipoli campaign, after which he proceeded to Salonika where he describes enemy air raids on both Salonika and Mudros; together with the ms ship's log of HMS LORD NELSON detailing her proceedings and movements and including details of casualties and of expenditure of ammunition (July 1914 - May 1916).
Cataloguer JSK
Catalogue date 2002-05-13 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Adshead, G | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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