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Gallipoli, Dardanelles and Turkey,

Hand-drawn diagrams (including copies) of trenches, mines and other military positions around Hill 60 at Gallipoli, with a letter relating to planned earthworks; printed trench diagrams of ANZAC Cove; printed War Office maps of Gallipoli and the Dardanelles, with annotations; and a printed handkerchief map of Turkey.

Soldier's diary,

  • NLW MS 22820E.
  • File
  • [mid 20 cent.]

A transcript of the diary, 26 July 1914-22 April 1916, of a soldier from Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, serving with the Royal Engineers in the First World War, including a record of his experiences on active service in the Dardanelles.
On the basis of information supplied by Mr Gwyn Jenkins, Talybont, January 2012, the writer of the diary has been identified as Hubert Cole, a Sapper with the 1st Welsh Field Company Royal Engineers. He married Kate Eveline Webb at St Luke's Bayswater on 1 November 1914.