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Description: | Interesting ms correspondence received by Lockyer, 1934 - 1937, mostly in response to his booklet describing the part played by the battleship HMS IMPLACABLE which he commanded in the landing of the 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers (86th Brigade, 29th Division) at Gallipoli on X Beach, Cape Helles on 25 April 1915, from officers and men who took part in the landing, the author E Keble Chatterton, and a number of officers who held more senior commands during the landing including Captain E Unwin VC, Major General Sir Steuart Hare, Lieutenant General Sir William Marshall and Admiral of the Fleet Lord Keyes, giving useful details about the landings at all five beaches at Helles and recollections of service in the IMPLACABLE, together with a printed menu from a dinner for the officers of the IMPLACABLE and Royal Fusiliers held at Mudros on 19 April, an ms letter (2pp), 26 April 1915, from the battalion's commanding officer thanking Lockyer for the ship's hospitality and ts extracts (3pp) from the journal of Staff Surgeon A D Cowburn RNVR covering his service in the battleship HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH during the operations against the Dardanelles, 5 February - 18 March 1915.
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Catalogue date 1992-11 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Lockyer, H C | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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