With the Twenty-ninth division in Gallipoli, a chaplain's experiences . he original officers, and all the ones who had since joinedwere gone. I forgot to say that the day before I hadseen young Romanes carried down to the dressing-station with a shrapnel wound in the head—no chanceof recovery, I fear. He was quite unconscious. Ihung round the rest of the day, dodging shrapnel, hada nice service in the evening with some Engineers who had been on the A with me, and then came back to camp. Major Brandreth, who was in command of theRoyal Fusiliers at the time, and was presumably killedon the morni
With the Twenty-ninth division in Gallipoli, a chaplain's experiences . he original officers, and all the ones who had since joinedwere gone. I forgot to say that the day before I hadseen young Romanes carried down to the dressing-station with a shrapnel wound in the head—no chanceof recovery, I fear. He was quite unconscious. Ihung round the rest of the day, dodging shrapnel, hada nice service in the evening with some Engineers who had been on the A with me, and then came back to camp. Major Brandreth, who was in command of theRoyal Fusiliers at the time, and was presumably killedon the morning of June 6, was greatly beloved bythe regiment which he led so gallantly. He had beenwounded at the landing, but when he returned at oncethrew himself with remarkable energy and devotioninto the tremendously difficult task that lay before theregiment. He was, in my opinion, a type of theperfect English gentleman, unfailingly courteous toevery one, heedless of danger, indefatigable in his (I > c c < ( < < c < •t c t C c C o^^ o /f. ^ ^ r. *. c C^c. o Z < o z IN GALLIPOLI 125 work, and possessed of an absolutely simple, straight-forward character. The men and officers all lovedhim. Personally, I think I felt his loss more keenlythan anything. Several officers were killed on June 4, but I hadbeen unable to get to know them all. They hadrecently arrived from England, and were the first ofthe new officers to join the They certainlywere a splendid sample of what the new armies couldproduce. I can only single out two for special men-tion. Captain Amphlett assumed command of onecompany. One of the officers under him had beenwith the regiment many years, having been regimentalQuartermaster-Sergeant. As he lay seriously woundedafterwards he said to me, * I never wish to serve undera better officer than Captain Amphlett. I rememberhim taking me round his section of the trenches, avery dangerous one, and showing me all the work hehad done to improve them and
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