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Description: | British officer served with 2nd Bn, Hampshire Regt at Gallipoli, 1915
REEL 1 Recollections of landing with No 13 Platoon, Z Coy, 2nd Bn, Hampshire Regt from River Clyde at V Beach, Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25/4/1915-26/4/1915: embarking aboard River Clyde off Tenedos, 24/4/1915; plan for landing using River Clyde; conditions overnight; minimal impact on running aground; sound of Turkish fire on first wave emerging from River Clyde; situation; shellfire from Kum Kale; view from after deck during lull in firing; officer casualties; landing from starboard gang way across piled corpses; shelter under cliffs; advance to position west of Sedd el Bahr Fort and role guarding beach from Turkish counter attack during night. Recollections of attack on Sedd el Bahr, 26/4/1915: attack on Sedd el Bahr Fort; warning of shrapnel fire from HMS Queen Elizabeth; cliff climb prior to attack on Sedd el Bahr village; equipment carried; street fighting; wound. Evacuation via Egypt to GB, 4/1915-6/1915. Post war history of River Clyde. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Gillett, Reginald B | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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