At Suvla Bay; being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great w by John Hargrave
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ink or charcoal. I was always on the look out for sketches and notes.
The cover bore the strange device-- JOHN HARGRAVE, R.A.M.C. 32ND FIELD AMBULANCE. printed in gilt which gradually wore off as time went on. Inside on the fly-leaf I had written-- "IF FOUND, please return to Sgt. J. HARGRAVE, 32819, R.A.M.C. 32nd Field Ambulance, X Division, Med. Exp. Force." And on the opposite page I wrote-- "IN CASE OF DEATH please post as soon as possible to GORDON HARGRAVE, Cinderbarrow Cottage, Levens, Westmorland." I remember printing the word "DEATH," and wondering if the book would some day lie with my own dead body "somewhere in the Dardanelles." Printing that word in England before we started made the whole thing seem very real. Somehow up to then I hadn't realised that I might get killed quite easily. I hadn't troubled to think about it. |
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