In battle and won fair renown for their native land.
Inscription on marble monument in Athens to the Athenians who lost their lives in the Dardanelles in 440BC.
View from Walkers Ridge: the sweep of North Beach towards Nibrunesi Point, the Salt Lake and the Kirectepe Ridge with, in the foreground, the CWGC Base
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First published in Great Britain in 2000,
Reprinted in 2019 by
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A BBREVIATIONS /V OCABULARY
Abbreviations and acronyms used for military units are listed below. They are also printed in full at intervals throughout the text to aid clarity. Others are explained where they occur.
Abbreviations
AIF | Australian Imperial Force |
ANZAC | Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
BWI | British West Indies |
CCS | Casualty Clearing Station |
CGS | Chief of the General Staff (Turkish) |
CO | Commanding Officer |
GRU | Graves Registration and Enquiries Unit |
KOSB | Kings Own Scottish Borderers |
MO | Medical Officer |
NSW | New South Wales |
NZ | New Zealand |
NZEF | New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
OP | Observation Point |
RDF | Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
RIR | Royal Irish Rifles |
RMLI | Royal Marine Light Infantry |
RNAS | Royal Naval Air Service |
RND | Royal Naval Division |
RP | Reference Point |
RSL | Returned Services League |
RWF | Royal Welch Fusiliers |
Sp Mem | Special Memorial |
SWB | South Wales Borderers |
VD | Volunteer Decoration (for Officers) |
Turkish Vocabulary
Turkish is more or less phonetic...
Alai | regiment |
Anit | memorial |
Asma | vine |
Bay | gentlemen (as in WC) |
Bayan | ladies (as in WC) |
Bimbasi | Major (bim = 1,000; basi = head of) |
Cavus | Sergeant |
Cesme | fountain |
Cimen | grass |
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