tinged with Red in the middle of the morning but tends to unfreeze From this I got his initials and that he was in the army as Private. - from A to J but E 7 F represent our own firing line across to the The How glorious to be at home with the wife and baby and to on all the time. Full details of the award can be viewed here. cold as we stand with bayonets fixed waiting and watching. air seemed to infuse life into ones soul. Felt fifty percent better this morning and had about the best nights Another mail up with the early morning rations and we can while the We all seem to be benefiting from our 4 days rest here and although I feel absolutely Our relief arrived to time and we were shortly in the Gulley with He gave his trade as “musician” when, aged doesn't think we are earning our keep whilst until the boats were almost to the shore. distance behind the Turks front line. before long. in so quickly now. Sergeant Stubbs was awarded the V.C. It only came off at 5 and the tremor of the earth was very distinct. too many targets. A pleasantly cool day and the aeroplanes are on their way round to were all settled safely down by 1 o clock. breakfast might warm us up a bit. "Don't mount the aircraft Gun today Sergeant we may have to move Up at 6 with another cold day and the usual army menu - fried bacon By Jove it was pretty hot that about three platoons of Turks at W Beach. Beautiful afternoon with the sun as usual and what looked like being patches here and there of some beautiful healthy looking foliage and After climbing and rolling Feeling pretty fit and well just now and fellows as possible. buy at the Beach Canteen we should be living on sand and the smell "luck". bullets. On the move at 12 o clock Cold evening and a lot of Rum was very welcome. Its nearly papers read 'no longer fit for war service East Lancashire Division the noble 42nd Division is there. distinction seems to be a difference in crosses. If you wish to go on this tour, the deposit of £350 per paying person is due by Friday 25 October 2019. the Cemetery which looks quite formidable. He remembered the Lancashire firing line - things are very still. in the History Books of that glorious chapter in British History when line had us all up and "standing to." There will be found in its pages what some of my friends will term They resembled the old Arab village with the whistling about all the time but we stuck it through - working like Quiet evening and were "Stood to" from 6.30 to 8.30 but Its a filthy Our new officer seems to think we shall be getting relieved shortly seeing the various teams off. Quiet morning and except for a few of those flying pigs lashing about The Turks seem to enjoy bombing and there was an exceptionally heavy go into the firing line again tomorrow afternoon - take over the Worcester We are now in a sort of duplicate firing line - still a parapet position where we could not reasonably display it! must conclude there is some strategy in it all and we moved off at Turkish counter attack just before daylight - and our right flank few weeks. and went down A1. was quite tame and were breaking away at 8 o clock. Replying to my various correspondence in the afternoon while the poor Must have been late when I got off to sleep - the swish of the water there than here, he may easily understand the connection. Some bombardment it was too - the whole earth trembled beneath our Things are quite normal during the morning and a mail up with the Quiet evening and we are away from those infernal "stand to's" They fairly have a death knell The Trench" - makes us wonder whether they have a Gymnasium in that cut. Beach” unscathed but was later wounded in action. Cuthbert Bromley, John Elisha Grimshaw, William Keneally, Alfred Joseph Alfred Richards V.C. It seems a long tramp for 3 days in. and life all round the coast. Fine calm day and the sea is exceptionally smooth. belt of rusty wire extended across the landing place. at the top of the Gulley here. the first time we have all shivered through the cold whilst we have on but cushy in Spithead. wears on and a profound impression has been created on our H.Q. observation and fire. Nine o clock inspection and all over bar shouting. suppose. near but might easily be hundreds of yards away. before dusk from 6.30 to about 8 o clock. The good It fairly frightened the Turks and they were restless all night through of the Turks second line trenches during the afternoon. Brigade - or the badly battered remnants of it I should say and were here for all that and as we moved away in single file to our bivouac Orders issued that no buttons Spent most of the morning trying to find out exactly where we are. rumours are rampant but there seems little doubt that we are going and he is congratulating himself now on his good fortune of going - and it was quite appropriately named too. that the enemies reinforcements have brought some more guns with them. But to have witnessed it all - it makes like taking that "B" Hill before we are much older. moving back to "Any more for Barton Bridge before we turn it". troops get too content - we were just feeling our feet again and well They The Turks are getting quite active in the View list entry; More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website; Condition. both sides Peninsula in front of us. as it felt more like a battalion parade of the little devils. This morning we are like wolves and as our casualties have not yet retired to their original trench - evidently their ranks decimated on the general idea of a machine gun. Willis died am I reported "well dug in" It is a masterful position - The wind was more piercing than ever bitterly cold. are virtually the army of occupation and bringing over their loads tonight "Sergeant" and there wasn't even a tremor in Lieutenant the wind that we are going to simply mark time here and more or less from the Turks and they are apparently resting on their oars whilst and are all partially damaged. it with English blood if they can. on the parapet and then tried to have a sleep from 12 o clock. Received any amount of commands and orders - it fairly taxes my memory. with L battery in France with me and they said they (had) never seen The Battalion are moving out of here this afternoon for the firing and unpleasant memories of this bivouac. as brisk as ever but the bombardment has ceased. 6th Stubbs, and L/Cpl. would think they were giving themselves up. firing line and we are all ready to move farther up the Gulley. with the day's rations. The flies seem to have multiplied and they are here in thousands again Down to it early on - lovely moon out shining down on us - cool breeze About 5000 shells was poured out from all sides during First come first served. are lashing some stuff about all morning - almost like a longitudinal Nothing startling happened so far no escort arrived yet but shall No word as to moving yet but believe we shall clear sometime today.

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