War diary of Frederick Arthur Buckley (Volume 4), July 1915-October 1915.

Diary kept by Frederick Arthur Buckley, 17 July to 21 October 1915. In this period Buckley was a gunnery lieutenant on the battleship HMS VENERABLE (1899) in the Mediterranean. The events include engagements with Turkish batteries and a visit to the trenches at Suvla Bay, the death of Lieutenant-Commander Thomas Edwards Greenshields on Anzac Beach and the arrival of his wife at Gibraltar.

Record Details

Item reference: BUC/2/7; REG12/000300.13
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 volume
Date made: 1904-1907; 1904-1910 1904-1933 1910-1914 1914 1914-1915 1915-07-17 - 1915-10-21 1915
Creator: Buckley, Frederick Arthur
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London