Gallipoli Diary

GALLIPOLI DIARY - GILLIAM

John Graham Gillam

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Gallipoli Diary
Major John Graham Gillam, DSO (1883-1965)

Major John Graham Gillam, British Supply Officer, wrote in his World War I
Gallipoli Diary that when he sailed from England for the Dardanelles in
March, 1915, he had visions of "trekking up the Gallipoli Peninsula with the
Navy bombarding a way for us up the Straits and along the coast-line of the
Sea of Marmora, until after a brief campaign we entered triumphantly
Constantinople, there to meet the Russian Army, which would link up with
ourselves to form part of a great chain encircling and throttling the Central
Empires... We little appreciated the difficulties of the task," he continues,
in potent understatement.*

Total running time: 12:26:18

Read for LibriVox by Sue Anderson

*Summary by Sue Anderson. This recording is in the public domain and may be reproduced, distributed, or
modified without permission. For more information, or to volunteer, visit librivox.org. Copyright expired in
U.S., Canada, EU, and all countries with author's life +70 years laws. Cover photo "Howitzer in Action, Suvla
Bay," from Gillam's Gallipoli Diary (1918). Cover design by Sue Anderson. This design is in the public
domain.

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