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A photograph of my uncle Able-Seaman Arthur Hanna
A photograph of my uncle Arthur Hanna. When asked he said he "was only a common sailor and my home is on the deep." He was "a boxer of real ability and an even better scrapper," according to his brother Frank Hanna. His one effort at promotion ended with a fight with one of the course instructors and he was to remain an Able Seaman until the end of his days.When war was declared he was serving in …
Contribuyentes
- Michael Hanna
Asunto
- World War I
- Primera Guerra Mundial
Tipo de ítem
- Photograph
- Fotografía
Contribuyentes
- Michael Hanna
Asunto
- World War I
- Primera Guerra Mundial
Tipo de ítem
- Photograph
- Fotografía
Proveedor de datos
Agregador
Declaración de derechos de los medios en este Ítem (a menos que se especifique lo contrario)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Fecha de creación
- 2013-01-18 18:02:37 UTC
- 2013-01-18
- 2013-01-18
Lugares
- Gallipoli Front
- Naval Warfare
Fuente
- UGC
Identificador
- 54259
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/4882/attachments/54259
Idioma
- English
- eng
forma parte de
- EnrichEuropeana
País proveedor
- Europe
Nombre de la colección
Publicado por primera vez en Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:13:58.042Z
Última actualización por parte del Proveedor de datos
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z
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- A photograph of my uncle Arthur Hanna. When asked he said he "was only a common sailor and my home is on the deep." He was "a boxer of real ability and an even better scrapper," according to his brother Frank Hanna. His one effort at promotion ended with a fight with one of the course instructors and he was to remain an Able Seaman until the end of his days.When war was declared he was serving in the destroyer Scorpion, commanded by Andrew Cunningham, later Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope. Arthur remained in this ship throughout the Gallipoli campaign, until he was shot in the foot during a raid on the Turkish mainland. After medical treatment he was drafted to Laforey, a Harwich Force destroyer seconded to the Dover Patrol. he lost his life when she was mined in the English Channel in March 1917.