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Age-24

18, Hurley Road, Kennington

Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta

Gallipoli 1915

On 25 April, British, Australian and New Zealand forces landed on the Gallipoli peninsula. The plan was that these forces would soon defeat a demoralised Turkish army, knock Turkey out of the war, open up the Mediterranean to the Russian navy and threaten Austro-Hungary from the south. None of these things were achieved despite nine months of hard fighting in terrible conditions. It was an heroic failure.

By July, 1915, and after much fierce fighting, stalemate had set in at Gallipoli both at Cape Helles where the British and French had landed and at Anzac Cove where the Australian and New Zealand Corps were unable to break out of their beach head. Fresh troops were needed and they were on their way in the shape of four divisions from Britain and things were put on hold until they arrived. 

William Elloway died from unspecified causes on 7th August, 1915, after having been sent back to Malta. He had been serving with the 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers battalion of 86 Brigade, 29th Division that had been part of the original landing at Helles in April, 1915 and had been heavily involved in the fighting since then.  It is not known if he died from wounds or from illness, both of which took their toll of those on active service at Gallipoli.