memoir, memoir
Accession Number
NAM.2006-04-21-30
Description
Typescript account written by Cpl W Jones, 11th Bn Manchester Regiment about his experiences during the Suvla Bay landings at Gallipoli, between 6 Aug and 21 Aug 1915. Written on 21 Jun 1916 whilst serving with 34th Machine Gun Company at El-Feodan. 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)
