Item DARLINGTON 1/3 - Field service correspondence book, Gallipoli, Sep-Nov 1915

Official field service correspondence book (Army Book 152), containing notes, reports and letters written by Darlington whilst Commanding Officer of 1/5 Bn Manchester Regt, on the Helles front, Gallipoli, notably reports on enemy activities; memoranda regarding equipment, especially sandbags; work reports on the digging and strengthening of the trench system; messages to the officer commanding the firing line concerning operational plans and equipment; reports on men killed by friendly fire; a memorandum regarding night firing; and recommendations for the promotion of Capt J H Allan, to enable him to command the battalion in the absence of Darlington. 1 vol.