10th (Irish) Division
7 August6th Dublin Fusiliers: Made landing at 06.00 on C Beach on Anafarta Bay. Battalion in reserve under Brig. Gen. Hill. Took up position at entrance to Salt Lake. 6th and 7th Dublins attached to 31st Brigade.
The 10th (Irish) Division was not part of the regular, pre-War army, but was made up of new recruits after a call for men made by Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War. It recruited men from across Ireland (and beyond) and was trained at the Curragh during the autumn and winter of 1914. It was then moved to England prior to departure for Gallipoli to take part in the August offensive. The 10th (Irish) Division would stay at Gallipoli for less than two months but would see some intense fighting at the Suvla Bay section.
The diary of the 10th (Irish) Division comes via the Imperial War Museum.
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6th Dublin Fusiliers: Made landing at 06.00 on C Beach on Anafarta Bay. Battalion in reserve under Brig. Gen. Hill. Took up position at entrance to Salt Lake. 6th and 7th Dublins attached to 31st Brigade.
6th Dublin Fusiliers: Battalion on water and ammunition fatigue for the Brigade.
6th Dublin Fusiliers: Battalion attached to 33rd Brigade (General Maxwell). Moved from beach around 02.20 to Hill 50. A Coy detached to support the right flank of the Brigade. Battalion ordered to support firing line Ali Bay Chesme point 105-H-8. Officers killed Lt Doyle. Wounded believed killed Lt Stanton and 2Lt McGarry. Wounded and missing Major Jennings. Wounded Capt Luke, Capt Carroll, Lt Martin, 2Lt Carter, 2Lt Mortimer, 2Lt O’Carroll. Missing Lt Clery. Killed, missing, wounded other ranks 259.
31 Brigade, 6th and 7th Dublin Fusiliers: The 53rd Div made an attack on Hill 70 but without success.
7th Dublin Fusiliers: Hill 53 – The Battalion held the Hill (which was found to have been well entrenched by the Turks). Casualties – 5 caused by shrapnel and snipers.
31 Brigade, 6th and 7th Dublin Fusiliers: Positions consolidated – During these days the troops suffered dreadfully from a lack of water. The heat was very trying and every drop of water had to be brought up from the beach by Mule convoy or manhandled up from a tank placed on the shore W of Karokol Dagh by a destroyer and which gave a very limited supply. The flies and dust are also very trying & diarrhoea & dysentery made its appearance. In spite of these drawbacks the men behaved and worked cheerfully and their discipline was excellent.