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Description: | One album covering the service of Able Seaman John Thomas Dalton with Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division at Gallipoli during the First World War. Photographs show troops landing on W Beach; Achi Baba from Hill 138; the first rest camp occupied by Drake Battalion after landing at Cape Helles; men of the 89th Punjabis; Turkish prisoners captured on 5 May 1915 and scenes showing men of Drake Battalion in the trenches and at rest. The are also individual and group photographs of a number of named individuals from Drake Battalion: Lt Ballantyne, Douglas, Lt Fisher, Hardiman, Hurrell, Laxton, Lunn, T Morton, Olding, Owen, Parker, Petty Officer Place, Russell, Sandall, Wakefield and Wilkins. There is also a photograph of the grave of Major Wilson-Drake. Other photographs in the album cover a visit to the island of Skyros; scenes on Malta and Gibraltar viewed from the sea. There is also a photograph of the troopship RMS FRANCONIA. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Royal Naval Division 1914-1918 Royal Naval Division Gallipoli 1915 British Army 1914-1918 British Army Gallipoli Camgaign 1915 Drake Bn | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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