Group portrait of five officers of the 1st Division Signal Company outside the headquarters ...

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Accession Number A00871
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli)
Date made May 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of five officers of the 1st Division Signal Company outside the headquarters signal section dugout t at Anzac Cove. The officers said that they would not shave until they reached Constantinople but they recanted on the vow after several weeks, when the prospect of a forward move disappeared.. Identified left to right: Company Sergeant Major Thomas (Tommy) Deam (later promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant and was awarded a Military Cross and Bar); Major Henry Llewellyn Mackworth, Commanding Officer; Lieutenant (Lt) Stanley Holm Watson, (after whom the pier was named); Lt Grosvenor George Gordon (later Major and awarded a Distinguished Service Order), wearing a pair of binoculars around his neck; unidentified batman.