john white Posted 3 January , 2018 Share Posted 3 January , 2018 Dear Forum Members Happy New Year to you all. Does anyone know of any photograph showing the above which went up the cliff at Y Beach? Regards John White Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 3 January , 2018 Share Posted 3 January , 2018 John, Happy New Year and welcome to the GWF I am not sure if this will be any help to you, but in case it is the picture below was taken last year, looking down (from Gully Spur to) the 'ravine' and Y Beach As I understand it, the terrain was not so thickly overgrown in 1915 Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 3 January , 2018 Share Posted 3 January , 2018 Our GWF Pal, Eric Goossens has some good photographs on his website page for Y Beach here http://www.gallipoli.com.tr/silent_witnesses/y-beach.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crunchy Posted 4 January , 2018 Share Posted 4 January , 2018 Another shot from further down the spur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john white Posted 4 January , 2018 Author Share Posted 4 January , 2018 Dear Michael and Crunchy Thank you both for your replies and excellent photographs. I seem to remember a photograph in one of Steve Chamber's books but am not sure which one. Regards John White Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 4 January , 2018 Share Posted 4 January , 2018 27 minutes ago, john white said: I seem to remember a photograph in one of Steve Chamber's books but am not sure which one. John Have a look at Steve's Gully Ravine [ISBN 0 85052 923 9] on p.170> he describes his Tour 5: Fusilier Bluff to Y Beach (North) and this probably has the picture you are searching for regards Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john white Posted 5 January , 2018 Author Share Posted 5 January , 2018 Dear Michael Thanks for your reply. I will look at the book over the weekend. Reagrds J W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 1 April , 2018 Share Posted 1 April , 2018 John, If you're still searching for pictures of Y Ravine then you may like to add this one It appears in Keyes' autobiography [vol. 1910-1915] and may have been taken either during the war, or perhaps very shortly afterwards It also offers a different view from the previous shots; ie from the south Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john white Posted 14 April , 2018 Author Share Posted 14 April , 2018 Dear Michael Thank you for the photograph. Very inhospitable terrain. The poem was,I believe, by Jack Churchill who was a staff officer at Gallipoli. You wonder how much of a source of information he was to his brother. Thanks again J W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 14 April , 2018 Share Posted 14 April , 2018 5 hours ago, john white said: You wonder how much of a source of information he was to his brother. They certainly kept in touch Looking at the two Companion Volumes to Martin Gilbert's 'Winston S Churchill Vol. III 1914-1916', the index indicates about +/- 25 letters from Jack during the campaign and of course there may have been more which did not make it into the above vols. regards Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john white Posted 16 April , 2018 Author Share Posted 16 April , 2018 Dear Michael Please see the attached photo which I have found showing some of Y Beach. It was selected by Hamilton on the morning of March 18th 1915 for a landing before he observed the naval battle. There was another gully on Y beach called , I think, Gurkha gully but I have never seen a photograph of it. Interesting the role of the future Admiral of the Fleet Roger Keyes. He was a strong proponent of the Gallipoli campaign but not a great admirer of de Robeck. By 1918 he was responsible for planning in the navy and if the war had gone on into 1919 another attack would have been made on the Dardanelles but only by the Navy. Have those plans ever been revealed? I have been to Gallipoli on 11 occasions and it always brings new interests relating to the campaign. Thank you for your help. Regards J W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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