A Marine at Gallipoli and on the Western Front : first in, last out - the diary of Harry Askin
Askin, Harry2015
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Total copies: 1
Harry Askin was 22 when he enlisted at Nottingham in September 1914 and was sent to train with the Royal Marines at Portsmouth. He set sail with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in late February 1915. On 25 April he was towed ashore to Gallipoli. So began a nine month ordeal of constant fighting and shelling on that bare and desperate Peninsula. In this diary he captures the atmosphere of danger and death, blazing heat in summer and rain and cold at other times.
Main title:
A Marine at Gallipoli and on the Western Front : first in, last out - the diary of Harry Askin / Harry Askin ; edited by Jean Baker, Gaynor Newlyn and Nicola Woollaston.
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Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2015.©2015.
Collation:
vi, 247 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781473827844
Dewey class:
940.41241092940.412
Language:
English
Subject:
Askin, Harry -- DiariesGreat Britain. Royal Marines -- History -- World War, 1914-1918Marines -- Great Britain -- BiographyWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, BritishWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli PeninsulaWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western FrontDiariesPersonal narratives
BRN:
440055