Terry Carter Posted 10 March , 2004 Share Posted 10 March , 2004 There is a memorial service being held this Sunday coming, 14 March, at the 29th Division Memorial situated on the Traffic roundabout near Stretton-on-Dunsmore, South Warwickshire. This service is held yearly on the nearest Sunday to the 12 March and is organised by the Galipolli Association. The 29th Division formed up in South Warwickshire and trained until being shipped out to Galipolli. On 12 March, 1915 the Division was inspected by the King. I will be there with my digital camera, so expect a few piccies (max 600 pixels width) next week. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmond7 Posted 10 March , 2004 Share Posted 10 March , 2004 Thank you Terry - I am currently discovering the number of local men who served at what the papers then called 'the Dardanelles' - some of them certainly formed paret of the Division. Des Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VivP Posted 1 April , 2004 Share Posted 1 April , 2004 There was a short piece about this in the Rugby Advertiser of 25 Mar 2004. Also photo, but I can't do that! It says the spot mentioned by Terry was "where 18,000 men and 6,000 horses of the 29th Division set off on Mar 12th 1915 to undertake an ambitious assault on the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli ... The troops landed on five separate beaches on April 25th and at the time it was the largest operation of its kind to be undertaken against modern weaponry ... During the campaign soldiers suffered appalling conditions of heat, lack of water, rain and sub-zero condiitions, and 250,000 Alied lives were lost." No individual names mentioned. I expect Terry has more to add, with his photo. VivP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 1 April , 2004 Share Posted 1 April , 2004 and 250,000 Allied lives were lost ...which of course is bunkum. There were 265,000 Allied casualties, not dead. Of the 213,000 British casualties on Gallipoli, 145,000 were due to sickness; chief causes being dysentery, diarrhoea, and enteric fever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VivP Posted 2 April , 2004 Share Posted 2 April , 2004 Chris Thanks for the facts! Trust the local paper to get it wrong. It does make me wonder how other 'facts' - in official documents - are also wrong. Hoping Terry has time over the weekend to get his photos on here. VivP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Hollington Posted 2 April , 2004 Share Posted 2 April , 2004 A newspaper getting the facts wrong! It couldn't happen, could it? Is this another example of the casualties/deaths mix ups, other threads refer to this being noted over the casualties on 1st July 1916 in articles written in more recent times. Ali Also looking forward to any photos posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Carter Posted 2 April , 2004 Author Share Posted 2 April , 2004 Hi all Sorry in the delay in posting the piccies. The Sunday morning was very cold and the wind was howling around the traffic island where the memorial is sited. Just as the service got under way it started to sleet. The service was organised by the Gallipoli Association also in attendance was the Mayor of Rugby and representatives of the Royal British Legion, the Western Front Association Taff Gillingham and members of the City Batts Great War Living History Group. About fifty people in all turned up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Carter Posted 2 April , 2004 Author Share Posted 2 April , 2004 here is a close up of the memorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Carter Posted 2 April , 2004 Author Share Posted 2 April , 2004 This was taken a few minutes before the service started. Elizabeth Higgins (Heart of England WFA) can be seen talking to Taff Gillingham. The Royal British Legion Standard Bearers had to keep a tight hold of their flags and berets were flying about all over the place. Despite the weather it was a good service and the Last Post bugler did an excellent job. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Hollington Posted 2 April , 2004 Share Posted 2 April , 2004 Thanks for posting the pictures. Ali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john w. Posted 2 April , 2004 Share Posted 2 April , 2004 Thanks for the photos was good to see them and those who remembered John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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