KIA 11th August 1915 Suvla Bay Buried in Azmak
Pvt George Stanley Miller 1/5th Norfolk Regiment. KIA 11th August 1915 Suvla Bay Buried in Azmak At 0500 on the 11 August a patrol of four men under 2/Lt Burroughs advanced some 1200 yards to contact, by 1400 it was reported that the battalion was now formed up and ready to advance two hours later clearing the Turks from the scrubland and linking up with the 53rd Welsh Division on their right and 10th Irish Division their left. The attack began in utter confusion; no orders were passed as to the location of Brigade HQ, dressing stations or ammunitions supply dumps. The objectives were unclear with some officers believing they were the advance units clearing the way for the main attack whilst others that they were the main force intending to go as far forward as possible, both schools of thought however were concerned about the prospect of attacking in daylight, with little artillery support, over open country with little cover and no knowledge of the ground in front of them. With the Colonel at the front he led them off down a track towards the Turkish positions, as he companies filed out on either side of the road they were urged on by their company commanders with shouts of Come on Yarmouth, Forward the Lynns and Good old Sandringham'. Bayonets were fixed and a mystery order reached the lead men advising them to move half right. With this a dangerous gap opened between them and their fellow brigade units; they were still a mile and a half from the main Turkish line when they advanced at the double. Isolated sniper positions began to take their toll and then shell and shrapnel fire began to fall on the exposed troops from Chocolate Hill. Quickly adapting to artillery formation the Battalion advance further in 50 yard rushes and were now taking severe casualties. When they reached a collection of farm buildings they came under intense machine gun fire from the front, both flanks and the rear, they were now effectively cut off. Dust from the battle brought visibility down to a hundred yards, the deep ditches and thick hedges that made up the drainage courses and field boundaries led to the companies being separating and any semblance of cohesion was lost. After a fierce struggle in and around the farm buildings that had now been set alight by Turkish fire, the Colonel and the remaining 250 men pushed further on into wooded area and were never seen again
