memoir, memoir
Accession Number
NAM.2006-04-21-19
Description
Typescript account written by L/Sgt Thomas Dolan, W Coy 9th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers about his experiences during the Suvla Bay landings at Gallipoli, between 6 Aug and 22 Aug 1915. Written on 27 Mar 1916 and addressed to ‘Dear old chum’. One of 57 typescript copies personal accounts and associated documents, describing the Suvla Bay landings at Gallipoli. Originally sent to Sir John Fortescue possibly by Capt The Hon Evelyn James Hewitt, later 7th Viscount Lifford, Dorset Regiment and part of a quantity of papers previously held at the Royal Archives. Associated with the Suvla Front, World War One, Gallipoli (1914-1918) 1915.
Events
Suvla Front, 1915 (World War One, Gallipoli 1915-1916)
