Gallipoli

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Also see

• Ceylon for information about the Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
• Prisoners of the Turks (First World War)‎ for the experiences of soldiers captured at Gallipoli.

External links

• Indian role in Gallipoli underestimated by Alana Rosenbaum 24 April 2014. Radio Australia (retrieved 3 May 2014)
• "Up to 15,000 'forgotten' Indian soldiers fought alongside Anzacs" by Stephanie March. 25 April 2015. abc.net.au
• "The Indian Army at Gallipoli 1915" condensed from a paper presented by Sqn Ldr Rana TS Chhina (Retd) at a conference organised by the Australian War Memorial in August 2010, now archived.
• Anzacs & Indians on Gallipoli website by Prof. Peter Stanley, UNSW Canberra.
• "Gallipoli 1915, a tale of Indian bravery buried in history" by Manimugdha S Sharma September 10, 2014 The Times of India. Retrieved 17 September 2014
• Sikhs in World War 1 is mainly about the Sikhs at Gallipoli. sikhiwiki.org
• The Sikhs at Gallipoli in 1915 (part of 29th Indian Infantry Brigade) esikhs.com, now an archived webpage
• 6th Gurkha Rifles: Gallipoli Campaign 6thgurkhas.org (retrieved 3 May 2014)
• A collection of official photographs of the Dardanelles Expedition, 1915-1916. The Serving Soldier King’s College London. Includes Indian troops.
• A search for Gallipoli can be made on Autralian War Memorial Website
• "Wings over Gallipoli: our stealth mission revealed" by David Ellery April 24, 2012 The Canberra Times. The role of the Royal Naval Air Service and the Ark Royal which carried sea planes and wheeled aircraft, and the extensive use of aerial reconnaissance
• Operational Aspects of the Dardanelles Campaign, 1915 by L. C. Mason Captain U. S. Navy. A paper submitted to the Faculty of the Naval War College 16 May 1994.
• From Legend to Learning: Gallipoli and the Military Revolution of World War I by Michael Evans April 2000. Land Warfare Studies Centre Working Paper No. 110 army.gov.au
• Gallipoli 1915 by Graham Dunlop (Retired Colonel, the Royal Marines). A presentation at the NIDS International Forum on War History, 13th Forum 2014. National Institute for Defence Studies, Tokyo Japan
• Cavalry of the Clouds: Aspects of the Air War in the Eastern Theatre, 1914-1918 by C H. Whitley 1997. A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in History in the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. A pdf download, which depending on your browser, you may need to locate in your downloads folder.
• Transcribed Gallipoli War Diaries “Great War Diaries”. Currently (September 2015) does not yet include Indian Army Regiments but it is intended to add these in the future. greatwardiaries.co.uk.
• The Beginnings of Ottoman-German Partnership: Diplomatic and Military Relations between Germany and the Ottoman Empire before the First World War by Edip Öncü, A Master’s Thesis, Department of History Bilkent University Ankara, September 2003. bilkent.edu.tr
• Videos: World War One Through Arab Eyes by Tunisian writer and broadcaster Malek Triki. ‪Al Jazeera English. YouTube videos. ‪ Episode One: The Arabs‬ . They fought as conscripts for the European colonial powers occupying Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia – and for the Ottomans on the side of Germany and the Central Powers. Episode two: The Ottomans. Includes the history of the Ottoman-Germany relationship. Episode three: The New Middle East. Includes the way Britain and France divided the former Ottoman Empire between them.
• Historical Peninsular of Gallipoli. 360tr, a Turkish website. Panoramas (videos) of the landscape. Click on locations on the map.

Historical books online

• "At the Admiralty", page 81, Memories of a Turkish Statesman, 1913-1919 by Djemal Pasha, Formerly…Imperial Ottoman Naval Minister, Commander of the Fourth Army in Sinai, Palestine and Syria. 1922 Archive.org. The author was Naval Minister from February 1914, until the outbreak of the war when he was promoted.
• Miscellaneous No.13 (1914): Correspondence respecting events leading to the rupture of relations with Turkey Presented to both Houses of Parliament November 1914. HMSO 1914 Archive.org
• The Straits Trilogy by Geoffrey Miller 1996-1999.

Superior Force : the conspiracy behind the escape of Goeben and Breslau by Geoffrey Miller 1996 ISBN 0 85958 635 9;

Straits: British Policy towards the Ottoman Empire and the Origins of the Dardanelles Campaign by Geoffrey Miller 1997 ISBN 0 85958 663 4;

The Millstone: British Naval Policy in the Mediterranean, 1900-1914, the Commitment to France and British Intervention in the War by Geoffrey Miller 1999 ISBN 0 85958 690 1

• "Chapter VII: The Worst-Kept Secret of the War: The Dardanelles 1915" page 87 Secret Service by Major-General Sir George Aston, formerly of the Naval Intelligence Department and the Secretariat of the War Cabinet 1930 Archive.org
• History of the Great War Based on Official Documents: Military Operations Gallipoli: Volume I Inception of the Campaign to May 1915 by Br.-General C F Aspinall-Oglander, first published 1929 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, in TIFF format, and as pdf downloads. There are two separate book files for the 1929 edition, 1929 pdf download 1, 1929 pdf download 2 and one for the 1935 edition, 1935 pdf download

Military Operations Galliopli Vol-I Maps And Appendices 1929 Link to a pdf download from the Digital Library of India. Spelling is as catalogued.

Maps from Military Operations: Gallipoli Volume II Maps and Appendices University of Toronto. Titled "The Third Battle of Krithia".

• Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 includes Volume I – The Story of ANZAC from the outbreak of war to the end of the first phase of the Gallipoli Campaign, May 4, 1915 (11th edition, 1941) Volume II – The Story of ANZAC from 4 May, 1915, to the evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula (11th edition, 1941) Australian War Memorial website.

Official History of the Australian Army Medical Services, 1914–1918 Volume I – Gallipoli, Palestine and New Guinea (2nd edition, 1938). Australian War Memorial website.

• French Official Histories: Les Armées françaises dans la Grande Guerre sga.defense.gouv.fr. French language. Includes: Tome VIII. La campagne d'Orient (Dardanelles et Salonique) in three volumes including Premier volume. La campagne d'Orient jusqu'à l'intervention de la Roumanie (février 1915 - août 1916). There are maps (Cartes) and panoramic sketches (Croquis panoramiques).
• English language translation of the Turkish General Staff Military History and Strategic Institute's History of the Dardanelles Front Operations Amphibious Operations [The Gallipoli Campaign] mq.edu.au
• Der Kampf um die Dardanellen 1915 Part of the series Schlachten des Weltkrieges. German language. The Digital State Library of Upper Austria. To view the photographs and maps, click on the Thumbnail gallery and select.
• History of the Great War: Medical Services: General History, Volume IV by G W Macpherson 1924. Includes Gallipoli. Archive.org.

Memoranda on some medical diseases in the Mediterranean war area, with some sanitary notes HMSO 1916 Archive.org.

"The Fly Pest in Gallipoli" by Staff Surgeon E L Atkinson R N page 147 Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service, Vol 2 1916. Archive.org.

• The Royal Army Service Corps: A History of Transport and Supply in the British Army, Volume II by Colonel R H Beadon 1931. Link to an Adobe pdf download. Digital Library of India. Includes the First World War period, with a chapter on Gallipoli.
• A History of the Army Ordnance Services, Volume III: The Great War by Major General Arthur Forbes 2nd edition 1932, first published 1929. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Includes a chapter on Gallipoli.
• The Post Office of India in the Great War edited by H.A. Sams 1922 Archive.org. "The Dardanelles, Salonika and Constantinople 1915-1919" page 103.
• Gallipoli Diary by Sir Ian Hamilton 1920. Archive.org Volume I, Volume II
• Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatches from the Dardanelles 1915 Archive.org
• Ian Hamilton’s Final Despatch 1916 Archive.org
• Five Years in Turkey by Otto Liman von Sanders, translated, from the 1920 German edition Funf Jahre Turkei, by Col Carl Reichman, US Army (Retired) published 1927 by the United States Naval Institute. Contents. With two maps at the back of the book. Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt. Also available on the Digital Library of India in TIFF format, or as a pdf download.
  • Fünf Jahre Türkei Original 1920 German edition. Archive.org.
• The Dardanelles Campaign by General Liman von Sanders translation and comments by E.H. Schulz, Colonel, Corps of Engineers, US Army (The Engineer School, Fort Humphreys, Virginia) 1931 nla.gov.au. An extract and translation from the above book Funf Jahre Turkei.
• Inside Constantinople: a diplomatist's diary during the Dardanelles expedition, April-September, 1915 by Lewis Einstein, late Special Agent at the American Embassy, Constaninople. 1917 Archive.org
• Two War Years in Constantinople: Sketches of German and Young Turkish Ethics and Politics by Dr Harry Stuermer, late Correspondent of the Kolnische Zeitung in Constantinople (1915-1916). Translated by E Allen 1917. Archive.org.
• Dardanelles Commission: First Report : part I : Origin and inception HMSO 1917. nla.gov.au
• Dardanelles Commission: Supplement to the First report HMSO 1917 nla.gov.au
• The Final Report of the Dardanelles Commission: Part II – Conduct of Operations &c. HMSO 1919? Hathi Trust Digital Library. Also available on nla.gov.au
• British Campaigns in the Nearer East, 1914-1918. From the outbreak of war with Turkey to the Armistice: Volume I The Days of Adversity by Edmund Dane , Military Correspondent of the Westminster Gazette 1919 Archive.org
• The Dardanelles Campaign by Henry W Nevinson, 3rd and revised edition 1920 (first published 1918) Archive.org
• The Dardanelles by Major General Sir C E Callwell 1919 Archive.org. A book in the series "Campaigns and their Lessons".
• Experiences of a Dug-Out, 1914-1918, by Major General Sir C E Callwell 1920 Archive.org. The author was appointed to the high ranking role of Director of Military Operations (DMO) at the War Office at the outbreak of the war. [Dug-Out: a retired officer, recalled to employment]. Includes "Chapter V: The Dardanelles", page 86.
• The Gallipoli Campaign: An Outline of the Military Operations by A Student. Published London 1923. "This work is intended to be an aid to those preparing for Army Examinations. The endeavor has been to eliminate unnecessary detail, but, at the same time, to include all that is essential for a clear understanding of the campaign". State Library of Victoria.
• The Dardanelles Expedition: a Condensed Study by W D Puleston, Captain US Navy 2nd edition 1927 (first published 1926). Hathi Trust Digital Library
• Australia in Arms : a Narrative of the Australasian Imperial Force and their achievement at Anzac by Phillip F E Schuler, Special War Correspondent of The Age, Melbourne. 1916 Archive.org. With 9 maps and 53 illustrations
  • Pictures of The Battlefields of Anzac : a deeply interesting and historical series of views depicting the heroism of our gallant Anzac boys on the field of battle by the war correspondent of the "Age", [Phillip F.E. Schuler] 1916 nla.gov.au. (Includes on page 23 a photograph of an author, then Lieutenant Hogue (Trooper Bluegum), see his books below).
• The Dardanelles : an epic told in pictures. Alfieri Picture Service, London, 1916. State Library of Victoria version, National Library of Australia version
• The New Zealanders at Gallipoli by Major Fred Waite, N Z E 2nd edition 1921 Archive.org
• On Two Fronts - Being the adventures of an Indian Mule Corps in France and Gallipoli by Major H M Alexander DCO, S & T Corps, Indian Army 1917 archive.org
• At Suvla Bay: Being The Notes And Sketches Of Scenes, Characters And Adventures Of The Dardanelles Campaign Made By John Hargrave ("White Fox" Of "The Scout ") While Serving With The 32nd Field Ambulance, X Division, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, During The Great War 1916 Archive.org
  • Indian Pack Mule Corps page 127
• Mules page 18 Snapshots Of Anzac by Lieut E. H. Best 11th Light Horse, AIF. 1920 Archive.org
• Five Months at Anzac: A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force by Joseph Lievesley Beeston 1916 gutenberg.org
• A Consulting Surgeon in the Near East by A H Tubby RAMC (T). 1920. Archive.org. Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine.
• Gallipoli by John Masefield 1916 Archive.org
• Gallipoli Memories by Compton Mackenzie 1929 Archive.org
• Gallipoli Diary by Major John Graham Gillam, Army Service Corps. 1918 Archive.org
• Suvla Bay and After by Juvenis, (pseud) (Lt O G E MacWilliam, 5th Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, identified by Philip Orr in Field of Bones) 1916 Archive.org. The Battalion was part of the 30th Infantry Brigade, 10th (Irish) Division.
• The Incomparable 29th And The "River Clyde" by George Davidson, M.D. Major, R.A.M.C. c 1919 Gutenberg.org Archive.org download options
• Trenching At Gallipoli The Personal Narrative Of A Newfoundlander With The Ill-Fated Dardanelles Expedition by John Gallishaw1917 Archive.org . Gutenberg.org version with better photographs. The author was a member of the First Newfoundland Regiment.
• The First Five Hundred; being a historical sketch of the military operations of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment in Gallipoli and on the Western Front during the Great War (1914-1918) by Richard Cramm. Catalogued as published 1921. Archive.org
• Light and Shade in War by Captain Malcolm Ross, Official War Correspondent with the New Zealand Forces and Noel Ross of The Times (lately Lance-Corporal with the Anzacs and Lieutenant Territorial Artillery 1916. Archive.org. .Includes chapters about Gallipoli
• On the Anzac Trail : being Extracts from the Diary of a New Zealand Sapper by 'Anzac' 1916 Archive.org
  • Mules page 171
• Trooper Bluegum at the Dardanelles; descriptive narratives of the more desperate engagements on the Gallipoli Peninsula by Oliver Hogue, Second Light Horse Brigade 1916 Archive.org
• Love Letters of an Anzac by Oliver Hogue ("Trooper Bluegum") 1916. Hathi Trust Digital Library.
• From Australia to the Dardanelles : being some odd pages from the diary of Charles Francis Laseron, Sergeant in the 13th Battalion, Australian Imperial Forces 1916 nla.gov.au
• By-ways on Service : Notes from an Australian Journal by Hector Dinning 1918. Archive.org. Includes chapters on Gallipoli.
• The Dardanelles: Story of the Attack told by Gunner Sidney Prior of the 1st A. I. E. Force Published Brisbane. State Library of Queensland.(May be slow to to load)
• Twelve Months with the "Anzacs" by E. F. Hanman (“Haystack"] [15th Battalion, AIF] 2nd edition 1918 (first published 1916) published Brisbane. State Library of Queensland (May be slow to load)
• The 28th, a Record of War Service with the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-1919. Volume I. Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula by Colonel H.B. Collett, First C O of the Battalion. 1922 Hathi Trust Digital Library.
• The Straits Impregnable by Sydney De Loghe 1917 Archive.org. The story of Gunner Lake, attached to Artillery Brigade Staff, First Australian Division, A I F. “...this book …is true”
• The Irish at the Front by Michael MacDonagh 1916 Archive.org. Includes chapters on Gallipoli
• The Tenth (Irish) division in Gallipoli by Bryan Cooper 1918 Archive.org.
• With Manchesters In The East by Gerald B. Hurst 1918 gutenberg.org
• Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (23rd Foot). Volume IV 1915-1918 Turkey-Bulgaria-Austria by Major C H Dudley Ward 1929 Archive.org.
• With the Twenty-ninth division in Gallipoli : a chaplain's experience by the Rev O Creighton, Church of England Chaplain to the 86th Brigade 1916 Archive.org
• From Gallipoli to Baghdad by William Ewing, Chaplain to the Forces 1917 Archive.org
• Mons, Anzac and Kut by an MP (stated to be Aubrey Herbert) 1919 Archive.org
• The Diary of a Yeomanry M.O. : Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine and Italy by Captain O Teichman RAMC (T F) 1921 Archive.org. He was with the Worcester Yeomanry.
• In the Side Shows by Captain Wedgewood Benn 1919 Archive.org. The author was a Member of Parliament and joined the Middlesex Yeomanry, with whom he served at Gallipoli. He subsequently became military observer attached to the Royal Naval Air Service, East Indies and Egypt Seaplane Squadron.
• With the Zionists in Gallipoli by Lieut. Col. J H Patterson 1916 Archive.org. The author was in command of the Zion Mule Corps.
• The War in the Air: being the story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force. Volume II by H A Jones 1928 Archive.org. Includes Gallipoli
• "Aircraft in the Dardanelles", pages 135-137 The Great War in the Air, Volume I by Edgar Middleton (late RNAS And RAF) 1920. Hathi Trust Digital Library.
• On Four Fronts with the Royal Naval Division by Geoffrey Sparrow MC, and J N MacBean Ross MC Surgeons RN 1918 Archive.org. Includes Gallipoli and Salonica. The Division was under the authority of the Admiralty at Gallipoli.
• The Royal Naval Division by Douglas Jerrold 1923. Includes Gallipoli. National Library of Australia. The Division was under the authority of the Admiralty at Gallipoli.
• The Hawke Battalion. Some personal records ... 1914-1918 by Douglas Jerrold 1925. Link to a pdf to download. Digital Library of India.
• History of the Great War based on official documents: Naval Operations by Sir Julian Stafford Corbett Volume II, (1921), Volume III (1923) Archive.org. Naval-History.net has transcribed editions which additionally contain maps from a separate case for Volumes II and III.
• The Navy In The Dardanelles Campaign by Lord Wester-Wemyss c 1924 is available as pdf downloads, Digital Library of India: Pdf download 1, Pdf download 2
• Dardanelles Dilemma: The Story of the Naval Operations by E. Keble Chatterton 1935 Hathi Trust Digital Library. Also available as a pdf to download Digital Library of India.
• Britain's Sea Soldiers. A Record of the Royal Marines during the War 1914-1919. Compiled by General Sir H. E. Blumberg, Royal Marines 1927. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Includes chapters on the Dardanelles.
• With Machine-Guns in Gallipoli "Reprinted from the Westminster Gazette" by Lieutenant-Commander Josiah Wedgwood 1915 Hathi Trust Digital Library
• "Dardanelles Operations" page 59 Naval power in the war (1914-1917) by Lieut. Comdr Charles C Gill, U S N. 1918 Archive.org
• A Naval Venture: The War Story of an 
Armoured Cruiser by Fleet-Surgeon T. T. Jeans, R.N. 1917 gutenberg.org. The Royal Navy during the Dardanelles operations.
• With the Fleet in the Dardanelles, some impressions of naval men and incidents during the campaign in the spring of 1915 by William Harold Price, Sometime Chaplain of HMS Triumph c 1915 Archive.org
• The immortal gamble and the part played in it by H. M. S. "Cornwallis" by A T Stewart, Acting Commander R N and Rev C J E Peshall , Chaplain R N 1917 Archive.org
• "The First Kite Balloon Ship: HMS "Manica" at Gallipolli" page 141 The Navy Everywhere by Conrad Cato 1919. Archive.org
• "Seamen at Gallipoli" page 100 The Heroic Record of the British Navy; a Short History of the Naval War, 1914-1918 by Archibald Hurd and H H Bashford 1919 Archive.org
• "In the Mediterranean Sea” page 127 The Naval Front by Gordon S Maxwell, Lieut. RNVB illustrated by Donald Maxwell, Lieut. RNVB 1920 Archive.org
• From Dartmouth to the Dardanelles, a midshipman's log, edited by his mother 1916 Archive.org. Note: the first page of the Foreword advises that due to tradition, the names of officers and ships have been suppressed- those of the midshipmen mentioned are all fictitious.
• World War 1 at Sea - Contemporary Accounts: The Navy Records Society and The Naval Review Scroll down to Part 2, Naval Review letter D “Dardanelles & Gallipoli”, then access the articles mentioned in the Naval Review Archives. naval-history.net
• The Dardanelles; colour sketches from Gallipoli by Norman Wilkinson 1915 Archive.org
• Antwerp to Gallipoli: A Year of War on Many Fronts – and Behind Them by Arthur Ruhl, 1916. Archive.org. With illustrations from photographs. The author was an American journalist.
• Ashmead-Bartlett's Despatches from the Dardanelles by Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett c 1915/1916. State Library of NSW.
• The Uncensored Dardanelles by E Ashmead-Bartlett 1920 Archive.org. The author was a war correspondent.
• The Truth about the Dardanelles by Sydney A Moseley, Official Correspondent of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. 1916 Archive.org
• Russia, the Balkans and the Dardanelles by Granville Fortescue, Special Correspondent of The Daily Telegraph 1915 Archive.org
• What of the Dardanelles? : an Analysis by Granville Fortescue 1915 Archive.org
• The Dardanelles, their Story and their Significance in the Great War by the author of The Real Kaiser 3rd edition (enlarged) 1915 Archive.org. The author is stated elsewhere to be Ernest Charles Buley, an Australian journalist working in London. The book has been described as a "propagandistic account"
• Collection 425/415 Statement of Indian units with (Mediterranean) Expeditionary Force "G". OR/L/MIL/7/17591 1915 British Library Digitised Manuscripts
• Collection 425/1673 Appreciation of assistance rendered to Australian Medical Corps by Indian ambulance men in Gallipoli. IOR/L/MIL/7/18921 1915 British Library Digitised Manuscripts
• Translated Turkish Works on Gallipoli mq.edu.au
  • The Battle of Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915, Lt-Col. Sefik Aker Account Desert Column website (link may be slow to open). In 1935, Lieutenant Colonel Sefik Aker, commander of the 27th Infantry Regiment, produced a small book called: Canakkale - Ariburnu savaslari ve 27 alay (The Dardanelles - The Ariburnu Battles and the 27th Regiment), which has been translated.
• The Fight for Constantinople : a Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Percy F Westerman. Catalogued 1915. Archive.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
• On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles by T C Bridges c 1915. Gutenberg.org. An adventure story for younger readers.
• Frank Forester: A Story of the Dardanelles by Herbert Strang 1915 Gutenberg.org. An adventure story for younger readers.