Gunner65 Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Today marks the 100th Anniversary of the 3rd Battle of Krithia Gallipoli.A fateful day for the Collingwood Btn. RND. We will remember them. Images of Collingwood Corner Blandford camp Dorset from the "Roll of Honour" where the Collingwood carried out there training before their introduction into warfare at 3rd battle of Krithia Gallipoli. It also proved to be their last !! IN MEMORY OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE COLLINGWOOD BATTALION. ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION WHO FELL IN ACTION IN GALLIPOLI ON 4TH JUNE 1915. WHEN THE BATTALION WAS PRACTICALLY DESTROYED. THE COLLINGWOOD BATTALIONCOMPLETED ITS TRAINING ON THESE DOWNSTHIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THE SURVIVORS. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner65 Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 Landing at Cape Helles at the end of May 1915, the Royal Naval Division (RND) prepared to deliver an attack in what has become known as the Third Battle of Krithia. Amongst their ranks were the sailors of the Collingwood Battalion, who had done much of their military training in the practice trenches surrounding Blandford Camp during the winter of 1914/15.On 4 June, the seven hundred strong Colingwood Battalion took part in the second phase of the attack. The battle started with a heavy bombardment and at 1200 hours the RND advanced and captured the enemy front line but suffered heavy causalities. At 1215 hours the Collingwood Battalion was to take over the advance but the communication trenches were choked with stretcher-bearers and wounded, which delayed the Battalion's move forward.The attack finally went ahead, from the captured enemy trenches and the Collingwoods seized the Turkish second lines four hundred yards further on. However, the neighboring French Senegalese troops were driven back by a counter-attack, leaving the Battalion's right flank exposed. Flanking fire caused devastating casualities amongst the Collingwoods, with over five hundred men killed or wounded. The remnants of the Battalion withdrew but so heavy were the casualties that the Battalion was not reformed. A memorial to Dorset's naval infantry stands at Collingwood Corner on the Salisbury to Blandford Road." 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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