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A soldier's experience of the Gallipoli campaign and military life in France, September 1915 to June 1918
- Date
- 1915-1918
- Reference
- PA1-o-863
- Description
Album of photographs compiled by George Gordon Denniston illustrating a soldier's experience of the Gallipoli campaignaand military life in France, September 1915 to June 1918. Photographer(s) unidentified.
Album opens with a view of Cathedral Rock, Gallipoli, and follows with other views of the landscape, the trenches, dugouts, troops, life on site, and other activities relating to the campaign. There are pictures of the dead and wounded, and of men and mules bringing water to the trenches.
There are also sections on Lemnos, the Greek Island some way off Gallipoli. It functioned as a back-up base during the campaign. Soldiers were landed there prior to going to the front. Hospitals and other services were located there, and Moudhros (Mudros) Harbour provided shelter for scores of warships. The album has views of the countryside and the chief town, Kastron, as well as camps, camp life and warships.
The photographs record the departure from Gallipoli via Lemnos for Egypt and Alexandria on board the SS Hororata. There are views of Alexandria Harbour followed by others of Cairo Zoo. Then its Zeitoun military training camp on the outskirts of Caio where the troops were requipped and retrained for the Western Front and the defence of Egypt. Denniston took part in guarding the Suez Canal against Turkish attack before going to France as there is a view of the camp at Serapeum, a town on the canal just north of the Great Bitter Lake.
The second half of the album records experiences in France. There are photos of soldiers, horses, regimental groups and the houses and French families they were billeted with. There are no scenes of the site of battle as there are among the Gallipoli photos.
The album ends with the return voyage home via the Panama Canal on the USS Tahiti (H.M.N.Z.T. 97) in June 1918.
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
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- Part of
- Denniston, George Gordon, 1885-1958 :Photograph albums relating to World War I including the Gallipoli campaign
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs
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Mules carrying water to the trenches, Gallipoli, Turkey
Date: 1915
From: Denniston, George Gordon, 1885-1958 :Photograph albums relating to World War I including the Gallipoli campaign
Reference: PA1-o-863-02-1
Description: Mules carrying water to the trenches being led through open country, Gallipoli, Turkey. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Mules bringing water to the trenches Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Dug-out shelters, Gallipoli, Turkey
Date: 1915
From: Denniston, George Gordon, 1885-1958 :Photograph albums relating to World War I including the Gallipoli campaign
Reference: PA1-o-863-08-6
Description: Dug-out shelters just behind the trenches, Gallipoli, Turkey. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Dug-outs just behind the trenches Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
View of Taylor's Hollow, Gallipoli, Turkey
Date: 1915
From: Denniston, George Gordon, 1885-1958 :Photograph albums relating to World War I including the Gallipoli campaign
Reference: PA1-o-863-07-2
Description: View of Taylor's Hollow, Gallipoli, Turkey. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Taylor's Hollow Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
View of Kastron the capital of Limnos, Greece
Date: 1915
From: Denniston, George Gordon, 1885-1958 :Photograph albums relating to World War I including the Gallipoli campaign
Reference: PA1-o-863-04-4
Description: A view of Kastron the capital of Limnos, Greece. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - "Castro" capital of Lemnos Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
A destroyer entering Moudhros Harbour, Limnos, Greece
Date: 1915
From: Denniston, George Gordon, 1885-1958 :Photograph albums relating to World War I including the Gallipoli campaign
Reference: PA1-o-863-04-3
Description: British destroyer entering Moudhros Harbour, Limnos, Greece. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Destroyer entering Mudros Harbour Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Soldiers with donkeys
Date: 1915
From: Denniston, George Gordon, 1885-1958 :Photograph albums relating to World War I including the Gallipoli campaign
Reference: PA1-o-863-01-3
Description: Two soldiers each with a donkey one of which has a bandage with a cross round its head. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - The useful "Donk" Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Lieutenant Short, Gallipoli, Turkey
Date: 1915
From: Denniston, George Gordon, 1885-1958 :Photograph albums relating to World War I including the Gallipoli campaign
Reference: PA1-o-863-10-8
Description: Lieutenant Short standing at the entrance to a dugout, Gallipoli, Turkey. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Lt Short Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Two soldiers seated on sandbags, Gallipoli, Turkey
Date: 1915
From: Denniston, George Gordon, 1885-1958 :Photograph albums relating to World War I including the Gallipoli campaign
Reference: PA1-o-863-11-5
Description: Two soldiers, Fleming and Major McKenzie, sitting on sandbags, Gallipoli, Turkey. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Fleming & Major McKenzie Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Soldiers on parade wearing gas masks, Gallipoli, Turkey. Photographed by an unknown pho...
Date: 1915
From: Denniston, George Gordon, 1885-1958 :Photograph albums relating to World War I including the Gallipoli campaign
Reference: PA1-o-863-06-7
Description: Soldiers on parade wearing gas masks, Gallipoli, Turkey. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Gas mask parade Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Machine gun position, Gallipoli, Turkey
Date: 1915
From: Denniston, George Gordon, 1885-1958 :Photograph albums relating to World War I including the Gallipoli campaign
Reference: PA1-o-863-10-6
Description: View of a soldier and a stand for a machine gun in a trench fortified with sandbags, Gallipoli, Turkey. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Machine Gun position Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print