Picture No | 10731425 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | British charge at Gallipoli, 1915 |
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A charge by a section of the Royal Naval Division in the Gallipoli peninsula in 1915. The caption points out the officer on the extreme left leading the charge explaining, 'why our brave boy subalterns are so appallingly large. Theirs it is prominently to expose themselves in leading these attacks and to inspire the brave men under their command with their own dauntless spirits.'
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Source | Official photograph in The Tatler, 21 July 1915 (version also published in The Graphic) |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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