NAM.1986-11-43-7

Collection of 13 stories of the experiences of prisoners of the Turks during World War One. Told to Lt Henry Curtis Gallup by his fellow prisoners of war. The authors of the stories are only identified by their rank and initials. Their accounts are as follows: 'A submarine in the Dardanelles', 1918 (c); 'A submarine in the North Sea'; 'A submarine in the Sea of Marmora', 1918 (c); ' A submarine in British Waters'; 'A short account of the adventures of the Bridging Train on the River Tigris in the latter part of the retreat to Kut after the Battle of Ctesiphon', 1915; 'A short account of the escape from a Prisoners Camp on Turkey in Asia' [ie Afion-Kara-Hissar], 1918; 'A fight in the Air, in France', 1914; 'Christmas Eve, in the Fort at Kut, 1915'; 'A Disappointment' (march from Mosul to Yozgad); 'An aerial reconnaissance in Palestine'; 'With the Expeditionary Force in Belgium, 1914' or 'How I didn't get scuppered' (Belgium, 1914); 'A River Mine, that went astray', Kut 1916; 'The Escape' (continued from 'A short account of the escape from a Prisoners Camp...). Associated with World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918), War at Sea (1914-1918), Western Front (1914-1918).

World War One, War at Sea (1914-1918), World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)

Kut, Siege of, 1915-16 (World War One, Mesopotamia 1914-1918), Ctesiphon, Battle of, 1915 (World War One, Mesopotamia 1914-1918)