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But valiant youngsters for all their prissiness. ‘Battle of the Wozzer’: firefighters tackling the aftermath of the riot. Private Watkins was by nature observant and thoughtful, and there was one man in the battalion for whom everyone had respect, the one man who had always remained somewhat aloof. Private Charles Watkins, 1/6th Lancashire Fusiliers, 42nd Division A lonely, isolated figure, this Captain Quartermaster of ours, during our training days in Egypt. Seldom would you see him hobnobbing with the other officers.
Both Suffren and Bouvet were hit by shellfire but, as they began to withdraw, Bouvet hit one of the mines. All that was seen was a small flame and yellowish smoke from the starboard side of the ship. 18 March 1915: failure again. The photograph shows the damaged wardroom of HMS Agamemnon. General Askir Arkayan, Ottoman Howitzer Battery We saw a mass of ships such as we had never seen before. We were amazed, but realising that we should be faced that day with an out-and-out conflict, we completed our supplies and prepared for the attack … The battle developed with considerable violence and at noon the French ships in the second line advanced through the first line and opened a tremendous bombardment.
This was to be his first time in action. Midshipman Geoffrey Maltby, Royal Navy, HMS Queen Elizabeth Friday 19th. m. Beautiful day. 5 knots at all possible speed for Dardanelles. Towards the end of the run, the Agamemnon drew ahead of us. At last the funnels and mast of the Vengeance, Cornwallis and Inflexible could be seen behind the west point of Tenedos, and off the entrance of the Dardanelles…. It being so beautifully warm and calm (the sky being wonderfully blue) the fo’c’sle deck was swarming with officers and men.