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Evacuation of the sick and wounded from Gallipoli

A sick or wounded soldier is a hindrance on the battlefield, and although the medical services should care for him to the best of their ability, their prime function is to maintain the fitness of their troops, and to return men to the battlefield as quickly as possible – this was especially important in a campaign with very limited resources of manpower.

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Weapons and Equipment from the Gallipoli Campaign

In 1915 many of the weapons in use by all the armies in the First World War were relatively primitive by comparison with those available during the later years of the conflict. At Gallipoli there was also a continuing need for the British, Dominion and French troops in particular to improvise weaponry and equipment because of the lack of resources provided to help them in the fighting.

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IWM Q 14825: Bomb Catapult