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Description: | Ms letter (11pp) written to his sister, telling of the landing at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, during which he served as Master aboard the troopship SS CALIFORNIAN (April 1915), and describing the landing procedures for each ship, the strength of the initial bombardment, his feelings and mounting bloodlust as he watched the infantry attack against the Turks. Page one of the letter is missing from the collection.
Cataloguer BEK
Catalogue date 2006-08-08 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Masters, W | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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