{"product_id":"gallipoli-david-raw-9781912390847","title":"Gallipoli: The Egerton Diaries and Papers: The Diaries and Papers of Major-General Granville Egerton CB Commanding 52nd Lowland Division at Gallipoli,","description":"As Commander of 52nd Division, Granville Egerton kept a detailed long daily diary of the events, conditions and personalities at Gallipoli between June and September, 1915. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is highly critical of the decisions and tactics of the campaign as well as of his C-in-C Sir Ian Hamilton and Corps Commander Aylmer Hunter-Weston. 'Ian Hamilton can't help himself from being a liar'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe daily long diary was sent by King's Messenger to his mother in Bournemouth. It gives a vivid picture of life on the Peninsula. The long diary is now deposited in the National Archives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe also details the impact of the Gretna Railway disaster before embarkation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'I landed at Cape Helles Gallipoli Peninsula in Command of the 52nd Lowland Division on June 21st, 1915, and left it on September 16th, 1915. I landed a weak division of 10,900 men, and within three weeks, had lost 4,800 killed and wounded, and about 1,000 sick - of the officers over 70% were hors de combat during this short period'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe also kept a short diary which details the deteriorating state of his own health, exacerbated by local conditions. The short diaries are in the National Library of Scotland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition Egerton supplied evidence to the Dardanelles Commission and kept post-war Journals with an evaluation of the campaign and the views of his own circle of friends. He records a critical conversation with Kitchener before embarkation. The papers and journals are in the National Library of Scotland and in the Imperial War Museum. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author reproduces the diaries and papers in full with detailed notes and analysis in chronological order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Raw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912390841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912390847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Helion \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.40d","brand":"David Raw","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075149164799,"sku":"9781912390847","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_69113b6b-f482-4ae3-9e9d-f5a502de21a8.jpg?v=1685457883","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gallipoli-david-raw-9781912390847","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}