GARDENS OF HELL
GARDENS OF HELL
Battles of the Gallipoli Campaign
PATRICK GARIEPY
2014 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gariepy, Patrick.
Gardens of Hell: battles of the Gallipoli Campaign / Patrick Gariepy.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-61234-683-0 (hardcover: alk. paper)ISBN 978-1-61234-684-7 (PDF) 1. World War,
19141918CampaignsTurkeyGallipoli Peninsula. 2. Gallipoli Peninsula (Turkey)
History, Military20th century. I. Title.
D568.3.G37 2014
940.426dc23 2013050490
Set in Sabon by Renni Johnson.
To my Muse, whose physical and emotional beauty
is unmatched in the universe.
Without her, this work would not have been possible.
Thank you, my wife.
And to 42,000 British and Dominion troops who died
at Gallipoli fighting a campaign that could not have been won,
in a place most had never heard of, against an enemy who
would rather have been their friend.
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
Following page 154
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Before Gardens of Hell was a book, it was a research project. My late husband wanted to record the name, rank, and any personal information he could find for every man at the Gallipoli campaign. He posted queries in magazines, went on the radio and television in some areas, joined historical associations, and traveled to Turkey and England for this information. In the course of his search for stories of the men, he found people who shared his love of the subject, people who would give information about family members who had been there, and people who helped him with his research.
This is a small acknowledgment of these people. Pat was proud to share your stories, and he was proud of the number of friends that he met in the course of this journey. For all of you who gave of your family history, your time, your expertise, and for many of you, your friendship, thank you. This book would not be possible without you.
Karlann Greenwood Gariepy
Marguerita Adam, Peggy Alexander, Jeannine Alkins, Mary Amato, Richard Wallace Annand (VC), Glenys Archibald, David Aspinall, Kathryn Atkin, Ron Austin, Andy Bagent, Keith Bailey, Peter Bamford, Anton Bantock, Frank Barnes, Graeme Barron, Jean Barry, Hazel Basford, Margaret Beadman, Sue Beckwith and Martin Beevis, Alex Bell, Richard G. Bell, Debbie Bennett, G. A. Bird, Peter Bird, Susie Bissell, Joe Bissett, Mark Blaydes, Beryl and Stuart Blythe, Richard Bourne, Raewyn Bowsher, Steve Brett, Tim Bridges (Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry Museum), Roger Broady, J. M. Brown, Richard Brown, Robert Browning, Steve Brumpton, Brenda Buckeridge, Donald J. Burke, Rod Cairns, Ian Campbell, Alison Carpenter, Carolyn Carr, Lyn Carseldine, Harry Carson, Paul Cesnavicius, Molly Charles, Steve Chambers, Beryl Chappell, Donald Charles, Carol Charlwood, Clare Church, Roy Claffey, Kylie Clifford, Elisabeth Coleman, Laura Flynn Colegrave, Carol Collins, Bernie Conlen, Brendan Cook, Tim Cooper, Yvonne Cooper, Linda Corbett, Sharon Cornwall, Lucinda Coultas, Elizabeth Craig, Graham Crofts, John Crowe (MLIA), William Cruikshanks, Alistair Cuthbert, Sharon Daff, Marie Dallman, Kevan Darby, George Davidson, Harry Davies, Jim Davies, James S. Deane, Peter Dearsley, Ronald Devlin, Diane Dick, Wendy Dolton, Deborah Donner, Charles Dorian, Stephen Doyle, Joe Duggan, Glenda Eaves, Godfrey Eden, Martin Edwards, Vivian Edwards, Susan Eldridge, Richard Entwistle, Ed Erickson, Russell Evans, Garen Ewing, Alison Faulkner, Kari Fay, Nick Fear, John Ferguson, Jean Field (Manchester Regiment), Alexander Findlater (Royal Dublin Fusiliers), Terence George FitzGibbon, Eric Flack (Highland Light Infantry), Diana Flatman, Rod Fletcher, Jrgen Flintholm, Richard Flory, Mai Fogarty, Stan Foote, Geoff Foster, John K. Fowlie, Bronwyn Fraley, Meredith Francoise, Rita Garbett, Patricia Gascoigne, Ian Gill, Robert and Gloria Glatz, Daphne Glen, Lillian Glugover, Celia Goodman, John G. Gordon, Jeanne Goulding, Susanna Greenwood, Harry Griffett, Derek Griffis, John Patrick Griffiths, Franklin Grigg, Russell Gurney, Dawn Hadfield, Claudine Hall, Sheila Halliwell, Cdr. Ian Hamilton (RN), Rob Hamilton, Alan Hancox, Mrs. Ray Harding, Ted Harris, John Hartley, David Hatchard, Geoff Heckles, Dorcas Hendershott, G. I. Henderson, Tony Hennessey, Michael Hernon, Andrew Hesketh, Eileen Higgs, Carol Hill, Lt. Col. T.J.B. Hill, Mark Hone, Barbara Horrocks, Marguerite Innes Short Holmes, Barbara Holt, Ian Hook, Diana Horvitz, James Houlker, Earl Howard, J. E. Hughes, John H. Humsby, Ruth Hunt, Dawn Hurst, Campbell and Joan Ingram, Sharmaine Jarvis, Steven John, Gordon Johnson, Noel Johnson, Grant Jones, Harry Jones, Ken Kelsall, Marilyn Kenny, Scott King, Margaret Kirkman, David Kirton, R. G. Kitchenn, Joyce Kolze, Jack Lamphier, Ann Langdale, Marion Langston, David Lee, Tammie Lee, Mary Leitch, Edward Lever, Peter Levin, Peter Liddle, Michael Lions, Gillie Lomax, Arthur Gratton Long, Tony Lund, Margo Lurvey, Ken Lyall, Alison McCall, Terry McCartney, Tia McCombes, Jim McConnachie, Alisa McCullough, Jean MacDonald, Liam McFaul, David McGrath, Marilyn McHaffie, Judi Machin, Maggie McKay, Steve McLachlan, Terry Macleod, Iain A. Macmillan, Ian Charles McNay, Graham Maddocks, Mary Madigan, Howard Mallinson, Audrey Malloy, Alan Markland, Bernadette Marks, Tom Marsh, Kathy Martin, Barbara Mason, Tom Mather, John W. Maunder, Clive Mellor, Alistair G. Mills, June Millson, Margaret Modinos, Brian Monaghan, Murial Monk, Peter Moore, Philip Morris, Mike Morrison, Lynette Morrissey, Terry Moss, Reg Moule, Harry Mount, Stephanie Moxham, John Mulhall, Grant Napier, Joe Napier, Col. W.G.A. Napier (re), Mike Nash, Aaron Nelson, Michael Noon, Sheila Norton, Peter Oldham, Dr. Jack Oliver, Joseph ORaw, Alan Osborne and Carol Cox, James F. OSullivan, Liz Outlaw, Joyce Owen-Reece, Steve Palmer, Anne Park, Brandon Park, David Park, Bob Parker, Mervyn Parry, Ted Parry, Mary Pavezka, Graham Perham, M. Pettigrew, Derek Pheasant, Tony Pope, Casper Pottle, Colin Powney, Tony Prentice, Gordon Price, Donald Charles, Phillip Radford, Dick Rayner, Fred Red-path, John Reilly, Angela Richardson, Gavin Richardson, Matthew Richardson, Hatty Rickards, Sue Rickhuss, Kate Rimmer, Margaret Roach, Ann-Marie Roberts, Hilda A. Roberts, John Roberts, Derek Robertson, Violet Robertson, Michael Robson, John Rodgers, E.C.A. Rogers, Peter Roots, George Ross, David Row, Graeme Rowe, Sheila Rowlands, Lyn Russo, Frank Scott, Keith L. Scott, Ralph Seccombe, Derek Sharpe, Donald Sharwood Spence, Jenny Shaw, Dr. Allan Skertchly, Katherine Slay, Judith Sloan, George R. Smail, Eddie Smith, Gordon Smith, Mike Smith, Norman Smith, Pat Smith, Vicki Smith, Jul Snelders, Peter Sore, Ted Sparrow, Peter Spearink, Donald Sharwood Spence, David Snook, Linda Vesey Sokalofsky, John Steane, Frank Stevens, Frances Stewart, Margaret Stansfield, Ken F. Stewart, Peter Stewart, Sarah Stickland, Bob Stinchcombe, Dallas Stott, Margaret H. Strand, Jennie Stringer, Penny Sudhurst, Terry Sullivan, Bill Sutton of Marton, Sir Rodney Sweetnam, Lieutenant Greg Swinden, Ken Switzer, Jessie Taylor Szmidt, Bronwyn Tarrier, Ruth Taylor, Tony Testa, Myra Thomas, Aileen Thompson, Carol Thompson, Bill Thompson, Robert Thompson, Nick Thornicroft, Richard Thornton, Derek Tilney, Bernadette Tither, Christine Tomkowicz, Jon Toohey, Sue Tout, Doreen Travis, Beverley Tracey, Helen Tracy, Rydal, Kenneth Tromans, Irene Trumper, Bob Turnbull, John Turpie, Liz Turpin, Jim Type, Dr. David Upton, Anthony Vaughan, Shea Vowles, John Wainwright, John Wakeling, Roy Walkden, Peter Walker, Wendy Walker, Jean Wallwork, Ivan Walter, Joyce Ward, Mark Ward, David McM. R. Warnes, George Watt, John Watts, Sarah Wearne, David Webb, Laura Webb, Joanne Webber, Judith Romney Wegner, Pat Weller, James Wellings, Steve Western, Richard Westland, Jeannine Whiffen, Clo White, Mary Aileen White, Stella Whitelaw, Doreen Muriel Smith Whitting, Brian Wickham, Harry Willey, Darren Williams, Hugh Williams, Arthur Ashley Willis, John D. Wills, Martin Wills, Don Wilson, Lorraine Wilson, Klaus Wolf, Grantley Woods, Kathleen Woodward, Ethel Wooldridge, and Julia Young.
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