Scenes from the Dardanelles

Item

Title

Scenes from the Dardanelles

Who?

The postcards belonged to Emlyn James of the Herefordshire Regiment, who served at Gallipoli from August to November 1915.

Item(s)

Seven postcards, both sides = 14 images

Story

Seven postcards showing scenes from the Dardanelles, with detailed captions on the reverse:
1. A periscope in the trenches
2. British staff officers questioning captured Turkish officers
3. Naval guns landed at Cape Helles
4. French battery in action near Sedd-el-Bahr
5. Ambulance wagon passing through gulley
6. The crew of the “Crampus” acclaim the submarine E.II returning from the Dardanelles
7. Counter-torpedoes going to land troops for destroying the forts at the entrance of the strait
1-5: printed in England
6-7: printed in Paris, text in French and English

When?

1915

Where?

Gallipoli (Dardanelles)

Contributor

Alathea Anderssohn

Item sets

This item was submitted on June 15, 2019