Diary of William Stockdale, 1915

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Accession Number RCDIG0001008
Collection number PR00278
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 1
Object type Diary
Physical description 48 Image/s captured
Maker Stockdale, William
Place made At sea, Egypt, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Description

Diary relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant William Stockdale, 1st Divisional Train of the Army Service Corps. In this diary, kept between 3 April 1915 and 12 July 1915, Stockdale describes the Gallipoli campaign and provides a detailed account of the landing on 25 April 1915. He also provides a critique of the campaign and criticises the media coverage of it. Stockdale also mentions the death of Major General William Throsby Bridges on 18 May 1915.