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
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
This item was submitted on June 15, 2019