This diary includes content on the bombardment of the Turkish forts on 18 March 1915 and in support of the main landings at V Beach at Cape Helles.
The diary includes content on the bombardment of the Turkish forts on 18 March 1915 and in support of the main landings at V Beach at Cape Helles on 25 April 1915; the ALBION being damaged in April and May 1915 and retired to Mudros for repairs; on 22-23 May 1915 the ALBION beached on a sandbank off Gaba Tepe and came under heavy fire from shore batteries- but sustained no serious damage.
Administrative / biographical background
Joseph McGill entered the Navy as a boy in 1897 and worked his way up from Ordinary and Able Seaman to Petty Officer (2nd class from 1903 and 1st class from about 1904). He died of typhoid later in the war, aged 40.
Administrative / biographical background
Joseph McGill entered the Navy as a boy in 1897 and worked his way up from Ordinary and Able Seaman to Petty Officer (2nd class from 1903 and 1st class from about 1904). He died of typhoid later in the war, aged 40.
Record Details
| Item reference: | JOD/275/2 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 volume |
| Date made: | 1915-02-18 - 1916-03-18 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Diary kept during the Dardenelles campaign leading up to Gallipolli 4th August 1914 - 17th February 1915. (Diaries) (JOD/275/1)
- This diary includes content on the bombardment of the Turkish forts on 18 March 1915 and in support of the main landings at V Beach at Cape Helles. (Diaries) (JOD/275/2)
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