{"product_id":"gallipoli-a-soldiers-story-9780719816543","title":"Gallipoli A Soldiers Story","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the start of the First World War, Arthur Beecroft was a recently qualified barrister in his twenties. Determined to enlist despite a medical condition, he volunteered for military service, first as a regular soldier, then as a despatch rider. Offered a commission in the Royal Engineers, in 1915 he saw action at Gallipoli. Now a byword for catastrophic military disaster, the Gallipoli Campaign was the ill-conceived Allied invasion of the Dardanelles. The campaign stalled almost immediately, resulting in over half a million casualties on both sides. Lucky to survive, several years later Beecroft wrote a detailed memoir of his experiences. Discovered by his granddaughter and now reproduced here almost exactly as it was written nearly a century ago, Beecroft''s vivid narrative takes us through those heady days of the declaration of war, enlistment, initial training, the bungled landing at Suvla Bay, and the exceptionally difficult conditions of the Gallipoli terrain. This is no mere jin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe memoir was discovered by [Arthur Beerroft's] granddaughter in the loft of her parent's home, after their deaths. It had lain undisturbed for over half a century and could easily have been lost. How fortunate we are that she has ensured publication. -- Reviewer - The Gallipolian * The Gallipolian *","brand":"TCP - Robert Hale Non-Fiction","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49922449637719,"sku":"9780719816543","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719816543.jpg?v=1738537923","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gallipoli-a-soldiers-story-9780719816543","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}