Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Beach Cemetery, ANZAC | II. G. 5. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.118 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 20A/42B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Education & Career :
Bradfield College, Berkshire
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: HMS Lord Nelson |
Mike: In February 1915, Lord Nelson was ordered to the Dardanelles to participate in the Dardanelles Campaign. She departed Portland on 18 February 1915, and joined the British Dardanelles Squadron at Mudros on 26 February 1915. She took part in the bombardment of the inner forts and supported the initial landings in early March 1915. The Ottoman Turkish forts engaged her heavily on 7 March 1915 and hit her several times; she suffered damage to her superstructure and rigging and was holed by one hit below the waterline which flooded two coal bunkers. After repairs at Malta, she returned to take part in the main attack on the Narrows forts on 18 March 1915. Later she fired on the German battlecruiser Goeben briefly off Gaba Tepe, and bombarded Ottoman field batteries on 6 May 1915 prior to the Second Battle of Krithia. Lord Nelson anchored at the Dardanelles in 1915. Her sister ship Agamemnon is anchored behind her.Lord Nelson relieved battleship Queen Elizabeth as Flagship, Vice Admiral, British Dardanelles Squadron, on 12 May 1915, flying the flag of Vice-Admiral Rosslyn Erskine-Wemyss. On 20 June 1915, she bombarded docks and shipping at Gallipoli, aided by the spotting of a kite balloon, and inflicted significant damage. Lord Kitchener made his headquarters aboard her in November 1915, and on 22 December 1915[12] she hoisted the flag of Vice Admiral John de Roebeck when he succeeded Wemyss.[13] With the end of the Dardanelles Campaign in January 1916, during which Lord Nelson had suffered no casualties, British naval forces in the area were reorganized, and Lord Nelson became Flagship, Vice Admiral, Eastern Mediterranean Squadron, which was redesignated the Aegean Squadron in August 1917; under either name, the squadron was dispersed throughout the area to protect Allied-held islands, support the British Army at Salonika, and guard against any attempted breakout from the Dardanelles by the German battlecruiser Goeben and light cruiser Breslau. Lord Nelson spent the remainder of the war based at Salonika and Mudros, alternating between the two bases with her sister ship HMS Agamemnon; Lord Nelson was based mostly at Salonika, Agamemnon at Mudros.[13] NOT TRUE |
| Action : Gallipoli |
The Gallipoli Campaign was fought on the Gallipoli peninsula 25th April 1915 to 9th January 1916. in a failed attempt to defeat Turkey by seizing the Dardanelles and capturing Istanbul. Ill-conceived and planned, the initial effort by the Royal Navy failed to force passage through the Dardanelles by sea power alone. It was then realised that a land force was needed to support the project by suppressing the Turkish mobile artillery batteries. By the time all was ready the Turks were well aware and well prepared. Despite amazing heroics on the day of the landings only minor beachheads were achieved and over the succeeding 8 months little progress was made. Eventually the beachheads were evacuated in a series of successful ruses.
Despite Gallipoli rightly becoming a national source of pride to Australians and New Zealanders, far more British casualties were sustained, and these days the substantial French contribution is almost forgotten.
Detail :
BEAN P 551 Vol 1 beachmasters, like Lieutenant-Commander E. H. Caters of the Navy, who day after day ran out into shell fire in order to bring other men away from it, until he met his death in doing so
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Sir Francis Drake No. 2649 E.C. | Devonshire |
| Joined : | St John's No. 1247 E.C. | Devonshire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
8th December 1909 | 7th January 1910 | 9th March 1910 |
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley