A Turkish gun on the south flank, afterwards known as "Beachy Bill", began to fire at any craft ...

Accession Number G01031A
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Marmara, Chanak, Gallipoli Peninsula
Date made 19 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

A Turkish gun on the south flank, afterwards known as "Beachy Bill", began to fire at any craft approaching too close to the beach. This shows two shells close alongside the water steamer "Jessie".

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