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Description: | 12 ms letters written to his grandfather and describing his experiences while serving as the gunnery officer of HMS CORNWALLIS at the Dardanelles during the Gallipoli campaign, February - August 1915, describing naval bombardments, the landing at Kum Kale (4 March), a scheme for anti-aircraft fire (18 April), the successful landing at Morto Bay and the capture of De Tott's Battery, the sinking of HMS GOLIATH (21 May), the flies and dust at Mudros (15 July), the transport of troops for the landing at Suvla Bay (August) and the shocking scenes onboard a hospital ship.
Cataloguer JSK
Catalogue date 2002-06-25 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Minchin, H F | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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