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Description: | Anonymous ts memoir (64pp) written by a diplomatic working in the British Embassy in Contantinople, Turkey, August 1914, describing relations with the other Embassies and diplomats in Constantinople on the outbreak of war, the attitude of the Turks towards the foreigners in their country, the arrival of the GOEBEN in Constantinople harbour (August 1914), Liman Von Sanders and the German military presence in Constantinople and their influence on forcing Turkey into the war, and the receipt of war news from home; then his journey back to the United Kingdom where he undertook military training with a Yeomanry unit in Norfolk, October 1914 - February 1915, referring to suspected German spies; and on active service with the Hood Battalion, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division on Lemnos, March 1915, before moving to Egypt prior to the landings on Gallipoli in April 1915, describing the friendliness of the Lemnos islanders, the failure of the naval attempt to force the Dardanelles (March 1915), his Company Commander Lieutenant Commander (later General Lord) Freyberg VC's swim ashore in the Gulf of Saros to divert attention away from the main landings at Cape Helles, his own landing on Gallipoli at W Beach, the conditions which greeted them and the harsh fighting involved in establishing their position, his wounding and evacuation via hospital ship to Alexandria. The account is almost certainly written by the Hon Charles Alfred Lister, who died on 28 August 1915 from wounds sustained at Gallipoli.
Cataloguer APR | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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