b3rn Posted 30 January , 2014 Posted 30 January , 2014 I am looking for letters home from French soldiers in the Dardanelles, but am shooting blanks, not having used French resources previously. Any pals know of an online archive with one or more?
Sly Posted 30 January , 2014 Posted 30 January , 2014 Hi A lot of French archives are kept locally in each region where the soldiers were from. Access can be difficult and a lots of documents are not open to the public yet. I would suggest to contact the Dardanelles association, they should be able to help you: http://www.dardanelles.niloo.fr/ Regards Sly
Sly Posted 30 January , 2014 Posted 30 January , 2014 Letters from the Sous-Lieutenant Pomiro, 175 R.I, have been published recently. This website gives some extracts: http://www.floressas.com/vie%20communale/dardanelle.htm Hope it helps Sly
Steven Broomfield Posted 30 January , 2014 Posted 30 January , 2014 Is it me, or should this thread be re-titled?
Anneca Posted 30 January , 2014 Posted 30 January , 2014 Is it me, or should this thread be re-titled? No, it is not just you Steven - I can hardly see my screen as the tears won't stop! Anne PS Interesting thread though.
Ian C Posted 30 January , 2014 Posted 30 January , 2014 If the title wasn't bad enough, he then talks about firing blanks!!!!
Anneca Posted 30 January , 2014 Posted 30 January , 2014 It was the blanks that finished me off - haven't had a dry eye since! Anne
Gareth Davies Posted 30 January , 2014 Posted 30 January , 2014 Make your mind up b3rn, do you want letters from the French or from 'Johnny' Turk? On a more serious note, have you made contact with Peter Hart late of these parts? I have heard him speak on the French at Gallipoli, he might know more on their letters. http://www.peterhartmilitary.com/
b3rn Posted 30 January , 2014 Author Posted 30 January , 2014 Letters from the Sous-Lieutenant Pomiro, 175 R.I, have been published recently. This website gives some extracts: http://www.floressas.com/vie%20communale/dardanelle.htm Hope it helps Sly Sly - many thanks for this and the other link.
b3rn Posted 30 January , 2014 Author Posted 30 January , 2014 Make your mind up b3rn, do you want letters from the French or from 'Johnny' Turk? On a more serious note, have you made contact with Peter Hart late of these parts? I have heard him speak on the French at Gallipoli, he might know more on their letters. http://www.peterhartmilitary.com/ Gareth, nice one. Peter Hart's book is a cracker, I'll get it again from the library and check the sources. I've seen his photos from Gallipoli, where many a large piece has been saddled.
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