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Also of Joseph (elder son)
Missing at Gallipoli Augst 21st 1915
Aged 21 years
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All Saints Sutton Courtenay
Oxfordshire
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Joseph
Allen
1895
Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire
21st August 1915
Killed in action in the first action the Regiment took part in on Gallipoli when they fronted the first advance and attack at Hill 70 across the Salt Lakes near to Chocolate Hill as part of a general advance by the Buckinghamshire Yeomanry and Dorsetshire Yeomanry. Casualty figures hit on average 50% across all yeomanry. The Turkish forces were well entrenched in trenches hidden from view and had lit the brush so smoke made navigation and viewing very difficult. Many men were never seen again.
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Helles Memorial, Gallipoli
First World War
Private
1st/1st Battalion Berkshire Yeomanry
The Berkshire Yeomanry had only just been given their orders that they were to be dismounted and their horses removed from their regiment. They were then ordered to Alexandria in Egypt and then to Mudros and to Gallipoli
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