Gallipoli Diary

Gallipoli Diary PDF Author: Ian Hamilton
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 402

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Gallipoli Diary, Volume I

Gallipoli Diary, Volume I PDF Author: Ian Hamilton
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Languages : en
Pages : 242

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In war, keep your own counsel, preferably in a note-book.

Gallipoli 1915

Gallipoli 1915 PDF Author: Mehmed Fasih
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Fasih, Mehmed ; Turkish army ; officers ; World War, 1914-1918 ; biography.

Gallipoli Diary

Gallipoli Diary PDF Author: Hamilton Ian Sir
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781318846504
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Gallipoli Diary, Volume I (of 2)

Gallipoli Diary, Volume I (of 2) PDF Author: Ian Hamilton
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ISBN: 9781406844245
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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An insight into the Galliopoli campaign by General Sir Ian Hamilton, GCB based on his own diaries. Volume I of 2.

Gallipoli Diary 1915

Gallipoli Diary 1915 PDF Author: Alec Riley
Publisher: Little Gully Publishing
ISBN: 064523592X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362

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“We had a look around, through periscopes, at the remains of recent fighting. The dead were on top, and we, the living, were below the general ground-level. The usual order of life and death were reversed.” So wrote Alec Riley in his account of an ordinary soldier in an extraordinary conflict, the Gallipoli campaign of 1915. A signaller with the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division, Riley was well placed to serve as an eyewitness to the sharp end of the campaign, being with the infantry but not of it. His task, and that of the small unit he served with and whose story he tells, was to maintain communications between the forward trenches and senior commanders in the rear, a conduit for at times unrealistic orders one way, and all-too-real situation reports the other. During his time on the peninsula, Riley kept meticulous notes, which form the basis of this account. He also took his camera to war, the resulting photos—some of which were used in the British official history of the campaign—flesh out his detailed story of life in and behind the lines. After four months on the peninsula, suffering from jaundice, septic sores and dysentery, Riley was evacuated sick, destined first for Mudros and then Blighty. He made sure to save his diary and camera. Although Gallipoli had done for Riley, Riley was not done with Gallipoli. Even while on the peninsula, he and his comrades had looked beyond the war. “We tried to imagine what the place would be like when the armies had gone. Achi Baba would be green again, the trenches would fall in and flatten; communication-trenches, through which thousands of men had passed, would be long and shallow depressions, and frogs and tortoises the only inhabitants of gully and nullah.” Remarkably, Alec Riley returned to find out, revisiting the peninsula at least twice. In 1930, he spent ten days wandering across the now overgrown fields of battle on a lone pilgrimage, revisiting places he knew intimately 15 years before. This pilgrimage, and a subsequent second visit, was intended to form the basis of a book, again illustrated with his trusty camera. Sadly, the original manuscript has been lost. But the editors have identified two extracts that appeared in print, which they present alongside a faithful transcript of Riley’s diary and notes. Also included is an unpublished introduction by General Sir Ian Hamilton, commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force of which Riley had been a small part, and with whom Riley had a decade-long correspondence. The editors of the diary, Michael Crane and Bernard de Broglio, have added copious footnotes and detailed biographical notes on the officers and men who come to life in Riley’s writings, as well as an order of battle and summary of arms for the 42nd Division at Gallipoli. Fourteen maps illustrate the actions, large and small, that Riley describes, alongside 47 black and white photographs, most showing the battlefield in 1915 and 1930. Gallipoli Diary 1915 will appeal to readers of WW1 and military history, but especially to those with an interest in the Gallipoli campaign. It will be bookended by two further diaries that record Alec Riley’s mobilisation and training in Egypt, and his time in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley. Collectively they offer a unique window into the experiences of a pre-war Territorial soldier, before, during and after Gallipoli.

Hell of a Time

Hell of a Time PDF Author: Philip Owen Ayton
Publisher: Text Publishing
ISBN: 1925773426
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305

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One of the last undiscovered personal accounts of an Australian soldier fighting to survive WWI

Gallipoli Diary

Gallipoli Diary PDF Author: Ian Hamilton
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781725894648
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 602

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Gallipoli Diary, Volume 1 by Ian Hamilton

Gallipoli 1915

Gallipoli 1915 PDF Author: Joseph Murray
Publisher: Silvertail Books
ISBN: 9781909269118
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Beginning in 1915, the Gallipoli campaign was intended to knock the Turkish Empire out of the First World War and open a supply route to Russia, strengthening the allies immeasurably in the process. But thanks to the military incompetence of the higher commands, it ended in tragedy and unimaginable suffering, as the battle turned into a war of nerves largely played out in the hellish setting of the tunnels constantly being built by either side. The human cost was vast, with more than 50,000 Allied soldiers losing their lives, and it became known as the most controversial action of the war. Joseph Murray was one of the 400,000 British and Empire troops who took part and along with his comrades from the UK, Australia and New Zealand, showed extraordinary heroism and courage in the face of terrible hardship and danger. GALLIPOLI 1915 is his account of the campaign. Based on a diary Murray kept at the time and his later letters home, this riveting and detailed true story of a young man at war serves as a stunning tribute to the bravery shown by Murray and his fellow soldiers, and to the sacrifices they made in the name of their country.

Gallipoli

Gallipoli PDF Author: Peter Hart
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199836868
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 561

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"First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Profile Books"--T.p. verso.