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CW: My g-greatfather, a 16 year old Irish soldier in WWI
But there was no holding him back.
He finally managed to join the 1st #RoyalInniskillingFusiliers and arrived in #Gallipoli on July 18th, 1915, just in time to join 'The Skins' in the disastrous #SuvlaBay landing, where the battalion took heavy losses.
Bertie survived his first campaign, though he suffered a serious injury and lost most of the use of his left hand. He had yet to experience the #WesternFront.