First Name: | Caryl Lermite | Last Name: | BOXALL | |
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Date of Death: | 27/04/1915 | Lived/Born In: | Bayswater | |
Rank: | Captain | Unit: | Hampshire2 | |
Memorial Site: | 1. Hyde Park Crescent, St John 2. Helles Memorial | |||
Current Information:Age-27 14, Cambridge Square, Bayswater
Gallipoli 1915 On 25 April, British, Australian and New Zealand forces landed on the Gallipoli peninsular . 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. The 29th Division and the Royal Naval Division landed at five separate beaches around Cape Helles. Some were not defended, others were fiercely contested. Some ground was gained but within days the familiar pattern of trench warfare had set in. A similar pattern emerged further north where the ANZACS landed. The Turkish soldiers were much tougher fighters than had been given credit for and they were of course fighting an invasion of their homeland. The terrain, a series of steep rocky ridges and deep gulleys made the fighting much more difficult and during the hot summer of 1915, the flies arrived in biblical proportions. Another seven British divisions were sent to Gallipoli during the summer but little or no progress was made. In the end, a new Commander was appointed and plans to evacuate the entire force were drawn up. By January 1916, all British, Australian and New Zealand forces had left Gallipoli, leaving only behind the dead, over 56,000 of them. On 25th April the 2nd Hampshire battalion of 88 Brigade, 29th Division approached V Beach aboard the River Clyde from which they were to land direct. 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers led the way and met such fierce fire that apart from 9 Platoon, Y Company, 2nd Hampshire was kept aboard. The one platoon that did try to land lost 20 men and Caryl Boxall who was wounded, died two days later.
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