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Description:This is an accurate and faithful transcription of the original war diaries of the 4th Bn Worcestershire Regiment during the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-16. It also includes the names of over 740 men who died while serving. The diary is optimised for online viewing and is fully searchable. At 15:40 on 6th August 1915 the 4th Bn Worcestershire Regiment attacked the Turkish trenches across Worcester Flat in what was to become known as the Battle of Krithia. Exact numbers are not known, but somewhere in the region of 850 men went over the top. By the end of the afternoon, 768 had become casualties of whom at least 364 were killed. The Battalion was effectively annihilated in an afternoon. One author claims that the British Military operations outside the Western Front were ‘decidedly less hazardous’. If the men of the 4th Bn Worcestershire Regt could still speak, they might disagree; the battalion probably saw the highest percentage casualties and the highest fatalities in a single day of any British Battalion during the whole of the Great War. Worcester Flat is a corner of a foreign field that contains a richer earth. The 4th Bn Worcestershire Regiment formed part of the 88th Infantry Brigade, one of the three Brigades in the 29th Division. It consisted of three regular battalions drawn from overseas garrisons and one Territorial Force battalion. The overseas battalions sailed to England in early 1915 and consolidated in the Midlands. The battalions were; 4th Bn Worcestershire Regiment – Meiktila, Burma 2nd Bn Hampshire Regiment – Mhow, India 1st Bn Essex Regiment - Mauritius 1/5th Bn Royal Scots (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) (TF) - Edinburgh The Brigade sailed from Avonmouth for Egypt via Malta on the 21st March 1915. By mid October 1915 the Brigade and its battalions would be reduced to a shadow of their original strength. In May 1915 the Division moved to Lemnos, an island close to the Gallipoli peninsula in preparation for the amphibious landings in April 1915. The Battalion landed as Cape Helles, Gallipoli. It would stay in theatre for eight months and took part in some of the most brutal fighting on the peninsula. Fighting at Gallipoli was a fairly unique experience. With their backs to the sea the British forces were rarely out of danger. Most of the ‘rest areas’ were within the range of the Ottoman artillery and were constantly under threat. Artillery and artillery ammunition was in short supply on both sides, so the campaign did not experience the scale of bombardments seen on the Western Front. Despite this, danger came in many other forms. The physical conditions were extreme. The masses of decaying corpses at the height of the Mediterranean summer became breeding grounds for plagues of flies. Few truces were arranged to bury bodies and the flies spread disease rapidly. Dysentery afflicted most men at some stage. Non-battle casualties were horrendous. During the height of the summer the Battalion fought the bitter battles of Krithia on Cape Helles in squalid conditions. On 6th August 1915, the Battalion took part in attacks at Worcester Flat with disastrous results. Just two weeks later the 88th Infantry Brigade along with the 87th and 86th Infantry Brigades were sent to stiffen the ranks of the New Army Divisions that had failed to make progress at Suvla. The battalion consequently took part in what was to be the largest offensive made during the whole campaign in the Battle of Scimitar Hill on 21st August 1915. The Brigade was in support, however the attack was a failure and proved be the last mass offensive action of the whole campaign. Three weeks later they counted the number of the original cohort who had landed some six months earlier.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Gallipoli Diaries: 4th Bn Worcestershire Regiment. To get started finding Gallipoli Diaries: 4th Bn Worcestershire Regiment, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This is an accurate and faithful transcription of the original war diaries of the 4th Bn Worcestershire Regiment during the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-16. It also includes the names of over 740 men who died while serving. The diary is optimised for online viewing and is fully searchable. At 15:40 on 6th August 1915 the 4th Bn Worcestershire Regiment attacked the Turkish trenches across Worcester Flat in what was to become known as the Battle of Krithia. Exact numbers are not known, but somewhere in the region of 850 men went over the top. By the end of the afternoon, 768 had become casualties of whom at least 364 were killed. The Battalion was effectively annihilated in an afternoon. One author claims that the British Military operations outside the Western Front were ‘decidedly less hazardous’. If the men of the 4th Bn Worcestershire Regt could still speak, they might disagree; the battalion probably saw the highest percentage casualties and the highest fatalities in a single day of any British Battalion during the whole of the Great War. Worcester Flat is a corner of a foreign field that contains a richer earth. The 4th Bn Worcestershire Regiment formed part of the 88th Infantry Brigade, one of the three Brigades in the 29th Division. It consisted of three regular battalions drawn from overseas garrisons and one Territorial Force battalion. The overseas battalions sailed to England in early 1915 and consolidated in the Midlands. The battalions were; 4th Bn Worcestershire Regiment – Meiktila, Burma 2nd Bn Hampshire Regiment – Mhow, India 1st Bn Essex Regiment - Mauritius 1/5th Bn Royal Scots (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) (TF) - Edinburgh The Brigade sailed from Avonmouth for Egypt via Malta on the 21st March 1915. By mid October 1915 the Brigade and its battalions would be reduced to a shadow of their original strength. In May 1915 the Division moved to Lemnos, an island close to the Gallipoli peninsula in preparation for the amphibious landings in April 1915. The Battalion landed as Cape Helles, Gallipoli. It would stay in theatre for eight months and took part in some of the most brutal fighting on the peninsula. Fighting at Gallipoli was a fairly unique experience. With their backs to the sea the British forces were rarely out of danger. Most of the ‘rest areas’ were within the range of the Ottoman artillery and were constantly under threat. Artillery and artillery ammunition was in short supply on both sides, so the campaign did not experience the scale of bombardments seen on the Western Front. Despite this, danger came in many other forms. The physical conditions were extreme. The masses of decaying corpses at the height of the Mediterranean summer became breeding grounds for plagues of flies. Few truces were arranged to bury bodies and the flies spread disease rapidly. Dysentery afflicted most men at some stage. Non-battle casualties were horrendous. During the height of the summer the Battalion fought the bitter battles of Krithia on Cape Helles in squalid conditions. On 6th August 1915, the Battalion took part in attacks at Worcester Flat with disastrous results. Just two weeks later the 88th Infantry Brigade along with the 87th and 86th Infantry Brigades were sent to stiffen the ranks of the New Army Divisions that had failed to make progress at Suvla. The battalion consequently took part in what was to be the largest offensive made during the whole campaign in the Battle of Scimitar Hill on 21st August 1915. The Brigade was in support, however the attack was a failure and proved be the last mass offensive action of the whole campaign. Three weeks later they counted the number of the original cohort who had landed some six months earlier.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Gallipoli Diaries: 4th Bn Worcestershire Regiment. To get started finding Gallipoli Diaries: 4th Bn Worcestershire Regiment, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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