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Irish private and NCO served with 1st Bn Royal Munster Fusiliers, 86th Bde, 29th Div at Gallipoli, Turkey, 4/1915-12/1915
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REEL 1 Recollections of operations as private and NCO with 1st Bn Royal Munster Fusiliers, 86th Bde, 29th Div at Gallipoli, Turkey, 4/1915-12/1915: preparations for and evacuation from Gallipoli Peninsula, 12/1915; voyage from GB to Murdros, Lemnos Island, Greece, via Alexandria, Egypt, 3/1915-4/1915; landing exercises; move to Enos Island, Greece and adaptations to SS River Clyde, 4/1915; position on shore following landing at V Beach under command of Captain Guy Geddes, 25/4/1915; attack through Sedd el Bahr, capture of Hill 141 and death of Lieutenant Colonel Doughty-Wylie, 26/4/1915; further advances and digging in, 27/4/1915-29/4/1915; move to Suvla, 19/8/1915; attempt to rescue casualty during attack at Suvla, 21/8/1915; effects of bad weather at Suvla, 11/1915. Account of landings as private with 1st Bn Royal Munster Fusiliers, 86th Bde, 29th Div from SS River Clyde on V Beach, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25/4/1915: situation and plan; effects of tidal current and Turkish fire; following Captain Guy Geddes down gangway and across lighters; sheltering behind rocks; swimming to cutter; getting ashore and sheltering behind bank. Aspects of operations with as private and NCO with 1st Bn Royal Munster Fusiliers, 86th Bde, 29th Div at Gallipoli, Turkey, 4/1915-12/1915: attack on Turkish lines, 29/4/1915; failure of attack on Chocolate Hill, 21/8/1915; volume of Turkish fire at V Beach, 25/4/1915.