A marine at Gallipoli and on the Western Front : first in, last out : the diary of Harry Askin

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. The smell of dead bodies was everywhere and while the fortitude of the troops was astonishing, at times confusion and panic prevailed. Harry was wounded twice in one day but the surgeon removed the bullet and he returned to the firing line. Harry was among the last to withdraw and his reward was to be sent to the Western Front. Again he was wounded. This is a stirring memoir which paints a vivid picture of the horrors of war Content: Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Introduction Chapter 1: 27 February 1915 -- The Voyage Chapter 2: 25 April 1915 -- Action Chapter 3: 3 May -- Out Of Action Chapter 4: 15 June -- Cape Helles Chapter 5: 10 July 1915 -- That 'wee bit muck' Chapter 6: 15 July -- Hopes For England Chapter 7: August 1915 -- Dragging On Chapter 8: December 1915 -- The Evacuation Chapter 9: 10 January 1916 -- Mudros Chapter 10: 12 February 1916 -- Malta Chapter 11: 14 March 1916 -- Macedonia Chapter 12: Gleanings from Gallipoli Chapter 13: What the Turks Can Say of Us Chapter 14: More Hopes of Blighty UntitledChapter 15: 28 May 1916 -- Action in France -- With Pick and Shovel Chapter 16: 13 June 1916 -- Instruction in Trench Warfare Chapter 17: Midsummer 1916 -- A Cruel Experience Chapter 18: Monotony Sets In Chapter 19: July 1916 -- We Relieve 47th Division Chapter 20: July 1916 -- In Bully Grenay Chapter 21: September 1916 -- Training for a Big Push Chapter 22: October 1916 -- The Battle of the Ancre Chapter 23: 17 November 1916 -- We Recuperate at the Seaside Chapter 24: January 1917 -- Back to the Ancre Chapter 25: The RN Division persuade Jerry to Retreat Chapter 26: February 1917 -- A Change of SceneryChapter 27: March 1917 -- Standing by for the Arras Push Chapter 28: 24 April 1917 -- Gavrelle and a Few Casualties Chapter 29: 28 April 1917 -- The Pleasures of being Wounded Chapter 30: 13 May 1917 -- A Little Fighting and a Lot of Digging Chapter 31: 15 July 1917 -- A Pleasant Interlude Chapter 32: August 1917 -- Odds and Ends at Gavrelle Chapter 33: September 1917 -- Now for the Salient Chapter 34: 18 October 1917 -- Blighty and a Commission Chapter 35: Odds and Ends Chapter 36: 11 November 1918 Harry Askin was 22 when he enlisted at Nottingham in September 1914 and was sent to train with the Royal Marines at Portsmouth.#8232;#8232;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.#8232;#8232;In this diary he captures the atmosphere of danger and death, blazing heat in summer and rain and cold at other times. The smell of dead bodies was everywhere and while the fortitude of the troops was astonishing, at times confusion and panic prevailed. Harry was wounded twice in one day but the surgeon removed the bullet and he returned to the firing line.#8232;#8232;Harry was among the last to withdraw and his reward was to be sent to the Western Front. Again he was wounded. This is a stirring memoir which paints a vivid picture of the horrors of war. [Elib] A classic fighting man's account of the horrors of Gallipoli and later trench life in Northern France. The author was wounded twice in one day at Gallipoli and again in France.