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mentorscotus



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:32 pm    Post subject: Dardannelles Reply with quote

Could someone tell me where the memorial/s to the fallen are for those who fell in the Dardannelles campaign?

And how does a person get a list of the missing presumed killed for this campaign...assuming I cannot find a death recorded somewhere.
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Roxy
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welcome to the Forum.

Are you looking for anyone in particular? I'm not an expert, but I'm a member of The Great War Forum (as are a few others from here!) and I have no doubt that someone there would provide you the details that you require - in quick time, no doubt!

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?

Good luck in your quest,

Roxy
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

From CWGC:

Cemetery: HELLES MEMORIAL
Country: Turkey
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: The Panel Numbers quoted at the end of each entry relate to the panels dedicated to the Regiment served with. In some instances where a casualty is recorded as attached to another Regiment, his name may alternatively appear within their Regimental Panels. Please refer to the on-site Memorial Register Introduction to determine the alternative panel numbers if you do not find the name within the quoted Panels.
Location Information: The Anzac and Suvla cemeteries are first signposted from the left hand junction of the Eceabat- Bigali Road. From this junction travel into the main Anzac area. Follow the road to Helles, opposite the Kabatepe Museum, at 14.2 kms. take a right turn at the 'T' junction and at 14.3 kms. take the left fork. After a total of 22.8 kms, take a right turn to the memorial along a rough track 500m long. The Helles Memorial stands on the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula. It takes the form of an obelisk over 30 metres high that can be seen by ships passing through the Dardanelles.
Historical Information: The eight month campaign in Gallipoli was fought by Commonwealth and French forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the deadlock of the Western Front in France and Belgium, and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea. The Allies landed on the peninsula on 25-26 April 1915; the 29th Division at Cape Helles in the south and the Australian and New Zealand Corps north of Gaba Tepe on the west coast, an area soon known as Anzac. On 6 August, further landings were made at Suvla, just north of Anzac, and the climax of the campaign came in early August when simultaneous assaults were launched on all three fronts. However, the difficult terrain and stiff Turkish resistance soon led to the stalemate of trench warfare. From the end of August, no further serious action was fought and the lines remained unchanged. The peninsula was successfully evacuated in December and early January 1916. The Helles Memorial serves the dual function of Commonwealth battle memorial for the whole Gallipoli campaign and place of commemoration for many of those Commonwealth servicemen who died there and have no known grave. The United Kingdom and Indian forces named on the memorial died in operations throughout the peninsula, the Australians at Helles. There are also panels for those who died or were buried at sea in Gallipoli waters. The memorial bears more than 21,000 names. There are four other Memorials to the Missing at Gallipoli. The Lone Pine, Hill 60, and Chunuk Bair Memorials commemorate Australian and New Zealanders at Anzac. The Twelve Tree Copse Memorial commemorates the New Zealanders at Helles. Naval casualties of the United Kingdom lost or buried at sea are recorded on their respective Memorials at Portsmouth, Plymouth and Chatham, in the United Kingdom.
No. of Identified Casualties: 20835

Some other details regarding memorials in Turkey:

http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/helles_memorial.htm

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Also remembering Flt Lt Al Squires and CXX/3 killed 2 Sep 06 in Afghanistan.
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mentorscotus



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:29 am    Post subject: John Daly Reply with quote

Thank you Roxy.I am searching for my grandfather
John Daly born in August 1880 in Co,Armagh,emigrated to Scotland about the turn of the century and worked in the local iron and steel industry in Lanarkshire..He married a local girl in Old Monkland,Lanarkshire.
My problem is as far as family stories go,he either died or was missing presumed dead during the Dardannelles Campaign.My father was very young and had no memory of his father.As Johns wife had a nervous breakdown after the news,no one in the family discussed it much. Sad
The fact that we do not know his place of enlistment,his regiment/s,his number ....does not help in the links to tracing him.I am really interested to know more about him,his fellow soldiers,his regiment and their lives.
Thank you for your interest and your post.
Mentorscotus
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This should really be in the queries and requests section of the forum so I will move it there.

Regards

Adam
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