21st August 1915 On this day: 2nd Royal Fusiliers under heavy fire   The 2nd Royal Fusilers were under heavy fire from the Turks at Cape Sulva, a bombardment which lasted three dats. Postings and Promotions   6th County of London Brigade RFA report Lieut G. Lyon-Smith having rejoined the Brigade from the 3/6th London Brigade RFA was posted to the 15th London Battery. Major R.R. Wansbrough promoted Lieutenant-Colonel. War Diaries  First Work in the Trenches   working party  No Good Worryining Battle of Scimitar Hill   The attack on Scimitar Hill was a last chance effort to break north out of Anzac Cove and northeast out of Suvla Bay, and have the two Allied forces link up. Henry de Beauvoir de Lisle was in charge of the attack and the British 29th Division was given the honors since they were a veteran unit and not one of the new reinforcements. The W Hills and the Scimitar Hill was the primary objective to be captured. At the same time another attack, on Hill 60, would tie down some of the Turkish forces. Like most of the Gallipoli campaign, the artillery barrage looked impressive, but did very little. The 11th Division that attacked the W Hills, lost their bearings… got lost and could not find the hill in the dense fog that crept in. However the 29th Division found the Scimitar Hill and drove the Turks off of it. However Turkish artillery drove the British off the hill, seeking cover from the intense bombardment. The British counter battery fire set the hill on fire, incinerating the wounded. Reinforcements from Suvla Bay were cut down as they tried to charge up the hill. Over 5,000 British were killed and wounded, many from the fires caused by red hot shrapnel. The Turks only lost 2,600 men in the fight. One Victoria Crosses was awarded for Scimitar Hill, to Private Frederick Potts, for crawling through the burning brush with his wounded comrade strapped the shovel on his back. He was wounded in the thigh before he started the 600 yard crawl, and was under fire the entire way. A request was sent to Lord Kitchener to send another 95,000 men, but Kitchner could only offer 40,000. The British government started considering evacuating the Allied forces.  Submarine Fires on Surrendering Sailors  Ports Closed  10th Essex ordered to move  Working Parties  Reorganisation  Inspection  In Action  Attack Made  Bombing Practice  Reinforcements  Orders Received  Holding the Line  Assault Made  Advance      Attack Made  In the Trenches  Minenwerfer  Preparations  Reliefs  Working Parties  Holding the Line  Sarton  Louvencourt  Confusion  Reinforcements  In Reserve  Under Fire  Drills and Marching  Vigilance  Light Shelling  Trench Work  Letter from Brigadier General Lowther  Orders  In Billets  Orders Received  Snipers Active  Posting  In Support  Posts  A Rest Period  Orders  Casualties  Reliefs  Working Parties  Nothing to report  At Rest Can you add to this factual information? Do you know the whereabouts of a unit on a particular day? Do you have a copy of an official war diary entry? Details of an an incident? The loss of a ship? A letter, postcard, photo or any other interesting snipts? If your information relates only to an individual, eg. enlistment, award of a medal or death, please use this form: Add a story.

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Remembering those who died this day, 21st of August 1915. Sjt. William Ernest Baldwin. A Sqd. Berkshire Yeomanry Read their Story. T/Lt. Alfred Joseph William Blake. 5th Battalion Connaught Rangers Read their Story. Pte. Paul Bregan. 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. William Brolly. 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Patrick Carabine. 1st Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Pte. Charles Carr. 6th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Lt. Wolfred Reeve Cloutman. MID 178th Coy. Royal Engineers Read their Story. L/Cpl. John Darroch. 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers Pte. Arthur Vernon Davies. 4th Btn. South Wales Borderers Pte. John Henderson. 6th Battalion, C Coy East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. Albert Tom Honey. Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry Read their Story. Pte George Loy. A Coy 6th Btn York and Lancaster Regiment Pte. Lancelot Lucien Martin. Dorset Yeomanry Read their Story. Pte. William Mckee. 1st Btn. A Coy. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. William McKee. 1st Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte John Meade. 3rd Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers Lt.Col. John Peniston Milbanke. VC. Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) Read their Story. Capt. Gerald Robert O?Sullivan. VC 1st Btn. Inniskilling Fusiliers Read their Story. L/Cpl. Andrew James Pitman. 5th Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Enoch Round. 5th Btn. Connaught Rangers Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Rourke. 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Roy Melville Rowan. 1st Sqd. Middlesex Hussars Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Taylor. 9th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Richard Uren. 6th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Charles Robert Wright. 10th Battalion Royal Hampshire Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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