Gallipoli Association

Gallipoli Association We are proud to be in our 56th year of remembrance, honour and study of the Gallipoli Campaign

Numerous veterans' associations were formed in the years following the Great War (1914-1918) but surprisingly none existed for the Gallipoli campaign of 1915-16 until 1969 when on the initiative of Major Edgar Banner, a number of veterans established an informal group, meeting from time to time to exchange shared memories and if possible to recall not only their own experiences but also those of t

he units in which they served. Very soon they had started their own Association Journal, 'The Gallipolian' was initially cyclostyled but, as membership increased, it became a properly printed magazine published three times a year, in which articles of high historical, academic and literary merit appeared.

Former GA education officer and trustee Ian Binnie is providing an illustrated talk to the WFA Birmingham Branch on Satu...
22/08/2026

Former GA education officer and trustee Ian Binnie is providing an illustrated talk to the WFA Birmingham Branch on Saturday 19th September 2026 1400hrs

The event will be at The Royal British Legion 12 Rectory Road, Sutton Coldfield, B75 7AL


The talk is entitled "The Balaklava of the Dardanelles, 2nd mounted division at Gallipoli "

The 2nd Mounted Division consisted of some of the oldest and finest Yeomanry Regiments. They were sent to Gallipoli, without their horses and were decimated supporting an offensive on the Suvla front in August 1915, for no gain whatsoever. Ian will tell this story of great bravery which could not compensate for poor leadership.

All welcome.

Operational orders in 1915Ref Operation Map1/20,000 GALLIPOLI ANAFARTA SAGIR KURIJA DERE. OPERATION ORDERS by Lt Co...
21/08/2026

Operational orders in 1915

Ref Operation Map
1/20,000 GALLIPOLI
ANAFARTA SAGIR
KURIJA DERE.

OPERATION ORDERS by Lt Col C H TINDALL LUCAS commanding 87th INF BDE.

HILL 53, Aug 21st 1915.

1. The Brigade will attack HILL 70 on a frontage of 400 yards from behind the line now held by us.

2. The attack will be proceeded by a bombardment by all available artillery, commencing at 14:30.

3. At 15:00 the 1st Bn KING’S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS will bring a concentrated machine-gun and rifle fire to bear on the enemy trenches, between HILL 112 and Hill 70. For this purpose the 2nd Bn SOUTH WALES BORDERERS and 1st Bn BORDER REGT will each send two machine-guns and detachments to the 1st Bn KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS.

4. At 15:30 the 1st Bn ROYAL INNISKILLING FUS will pass through the line held by 1st Bn KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS and make the assault.

5. When HILL 70 has been seized and the 86th INF BDE on our right has seized HILL 112, the 2nd Bn SOUTH WALES BORDERERS will be prepared to attack the enemy trenches intervening and will consolidate a line from the right of the 1st Bn ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS, to the Ravine head east of TORGUT CHESME and join up with the 86th INF BDE.

6. The 1st Bn BORDER REGT will be held in support of the 1st Bn ROYAL INNISKILLING FUS.

7. The 1st Bn KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS will be held in reserve in the line now occupied by them.

8. Not more than 1 Officer per 50 men will be allotted to the troops detailed for the attack.

9. All water bottles and water receptacles will be filled before the attack.

10. Casualties will be evacuated from First Aid Posts to the Dressing Station established in rear of HILL 53.

11. Watches will be checked at 12:30 at Brigade HQ.

12. Hourly reports will be sent to reach Brigade HQ at HILL 53 at half past every clock hour.

13. The 2nd London Field Coy RE will remain in their present position and will be prepared to go up in the evening to consolidate the position.

Aug 21st 1915
issued at 09:15.
Signed Capt L C BRAND,
Brigade Maj
87th INF BDE.

[Source: Border Regiment, Adjutant. Gallipoli Diaries: 1st Bn Border]

SUVLA in 1915 - Captain William Wedgwood Benn, 1st County of London Yeomanry, 4th Mounted Brigade, 2nd Mounted Divisio...
21/08/2026

SUVLA in 1915 - Captain William Wedgwood Benn, 1st County of London Yeomanry, 4th Mounted Brigade, 2nd Mounted Division and Lieutenant Ismail Hakki Sunata, 2nd Battalion, 35th Regiment 12th Division, Fifth Turkish Army.

The night of 21 August brought utter chaos to the British lines.

The final attack of the 2nd Mounted Division had been a textbook example of how not to introduce troops into the line or to make an attack.

It was extremely difficult for officers and NCOs to maintain any kind of good order with men tried beyond all endurance in a situation for which their meagre training had by no means them.

Soon something like panic was generated as the Yeomanry tumbled back on to Green Hill.

Read more - https://www.gallipoli-association.org/on-this-day/august/21/

Private Stephen Grimsley, 13th Battalion from Drummoyne, NSW (originally of Finsbury, London). A farm labourer prior to ...
21/08/2026

Private Stephen Grimsley, 13th Battalion from Drummoyne, NSW (originally of Finsbury, London).

A farm labourer prior to enlistment, he embarked from Sydney with the 3rd Reinforcements aboard HMAT Seang Choon on 11 February 1915.

Pte Grimsley was killed in action at Gallipoli, aged 19, in 1915. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial.

(AWM)

L/Cpl Edmund Leck Sander, 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment. A Lead miner from Keswick, Cumberland before enlisting. He...
21/08/2026

L/Cpl Edmund Leck Sander, 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment.

A Lead miner from Keswick, Cumberland before enlisting.

He arrived at Gallipoli on 11th August as part of a draft of 100 R&F and 3 officers.

Edmund was killed in action during the attack on Scimitar Hill 1915, aged 30.

He was originally declared missing in action but his death was confirmed in a later report.

L/Cpl Sander has no known grave, but is commemorated on the Helles memorial and Keswick War Memorial.

Cumbria's Museum of Military Life

Captain Francis (Frank) Moran, 15th Battalion from Brisbane, Queensland. He was originally Area Officer, Area 6B, 8th B...
20/08/2026

Captain Francis (Frank) Moran, 15th Battalion from Brisbane, Queensland. He was originally Area Officer, Area 6B, 8th Battalion, AMF.

He enlisted in the 15th Battalion on 23 September 1914 and landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.

He was wounded on 5 August 1915 and died of wounds in 1915 at sea near Gallipoli.

He was buried at sea and is commemorated on the Lone pine Memorial.

(Donor Miss May Moran - AWM)

August GA zoom talk Date: 25th August 2026Time 7:00pm, talk starts at 7:30pm.Our zoom talk for August is now planned in ...
20/08/2026

August GA zoom talk
Date: 25th August 2026
Time 7:00pm, talk starts at 7:30pm.

Our zoom talk for August is now planned in and its bound to be a real belter.
We welcome back the wonderful Chris Pugsley who will be talking to us about Gallipoli in film. Details below.

Until the last 15 years or so British Commonwealth audiences believed that Ellis Ashmead Bartlett’s With the Dardanelles Campaign Expedition, released after the evacuation in February 1916 was the only film taken of the 1915 Gallipoli Expedition. The digitisation of the major film archives has revealed a treasure trove of Gallipoli-related film. Gaumont released its first of at least two feature films during the campaign in July 1915. These were shown world-wide.
A Gaumont camera team under Pierre Perrin was sent as an official French film crew. It arrived in March 1915 and filmed extensively at Cape Helles, Lemnos and Tenedos. Two films and a series of newsclips were released worldwide in 1915 and film taken in January 1916 immediately prior to the final evacuation is released in early 1916. The film’s intertitles were edited by Gaumont’s British Office for an English-language audience. Censored material is kept and archived by Gaumont in the 1920s.
This is a selection of censored film covering the nine-month campaign.

Lt Col (Retd) Christopher Pugsley, ONZM, DPhil, FRHistS is a freelance historian living at Waikanae Beach in New Zealand. He was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of War Studies, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from 2000-2012. A former infantry officer in the New Zealand Army, he is regarded as one of New Zealand’s foremost authorities on New Zealanders at war. He has written and edited over 20 books.
His history of silent film in New Zealand, The Camera in the Crowd: Filming New Zealand in Peace and War, 1895-1920, was published in 2017.

If you would like to reserve a place for the talk please email comms officer Warren Smith on the email address below.

[email protected]

The Bicester Herald in 1915:“THE SINKING OF THE ROYAL EDWARD. THE FATE OF BICESTER MEN UNKNOWN On Tuesday the Admiralt...
20/08/2026

The Bicester Herald in 1915:

“THE SINKING OF THE ROYAL EDWARD.

THE FATE OF BICESTER MEN UNKNOWN

On Tuesday the Admiralty announced that the British troopship Royal Edward bad been submarined in the Aegean Sea last Saturday.

About 1,000 out of 1,602 on board, who included reinforcements for the gallant 29th Division in Gallipoli, are unfortunately missing.

The news was received with much regret in Bicester, for it is believed that several local men were on board.

The fate of Despatch-Carrier Charles Kiddle, formerly of Layton's Garage, Bicester, and well known in the town, is unknown, although from one message it would appear that he is missing. Miss N. Pinchin has received a letter from him written before he arrived at Gibraltar, saying that he expected his father would arrive there four days after him.

Whether his father Regimental Quartermaster Kiddle - joined his son at Gibraltar on the Royal Edward is not known, but a cable has been received at St. Ives, Hants, from the father, saying that he is quite safe, but that Charles is missing.

Mr. Kiddie is the father of ten children, and has three in the Army. His business as house furnisher, during his absence on service with the forces, is being carried on by one of his daughters. - The relatives of Lance-Corpl. W. Alldridge, R.A.M.C. (brother of Mr. G. Alldridge, of Bicester), are anxious as to his welfare, it being believed that he was on board the ill-fated Royal Edward.”

General Sir Ian Hamilton, Headquarters, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. in 1915, as the IX Corps prepared for one la...
20/08/2026

General Sir Ian Hamilton, Headquarters, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.

in 1915, as the IX Corps prepared for one last desperate attack at Suvla on 21 August, Hamilton was also pondering the thorny question of whether the Navy should launch a renewed attack on the Straits.

Read more - https://www.gallipoli-association.org/on-this-day/august/20/

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