My Last Hours in the Irresistible - A Heroic Story, by L-Cpl Powell RM | 17-18 March 1915 | Episode 61
Published on 17 March 1915
The Gallipoli campaign began purely as a naval operation, the aim being to reduce the forts of the Dardanelles and force the passage of the Narrows to the Sea of Marmora: and Constantinople. These early days are described in this episode by L.-Cpl. Powell, R.M., who was in the Irresistible when she was sunk during the bombardment of March 18.