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Description: | Interesting ts letter (4pp) written by an anonymous soldier while serving at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, 10 September 1915, describing the ports of Alexandria and Port Said, Egypt from where his unit embarked for Lemnos, his witnessing of the 25 April landings from the viewpoint of HMT AYRSHIRE, his own landing on 8 May and attachment to the Royal Naval Division, his duties transferring sick and wounded animals back to the base, the intense shellfire and vast number of casualties, the problems with burying the dead and his optimistic thoughts on the progress of the campaign.
Cataloguer APR
Catalogue date 2002-07-19 | 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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