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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 …
Contributori
- Michael Hanna
Argomento
- World War I
- Prima guerra mondiale
Tipo di oggetto
- Photograph
- Foto
Contributori
- Michael Hanna
Argomento
- World War I
- Prima guerra mondiale
Tipo di oggetto
- Photograph
- Foto
Fornitore di contenuti
Aggregatore
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Data di creazione
- 2013-01-18 18:02:37 UTC
- 2013-01-18
- 2013-01-18
Luoghi
- Gallipoli Front
- Naval Warfare
Fonte
- UGC
Codice di identificazione
- 54259
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/4882/attachments/54259
Lingua
- English
- eng
Fa parte di
- EnrichEuropeana
Paese fornitore
- Europe
Nome della collezione
Pubblicato per la prima volta su Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:13:58.042Z
Ultimo aggiornamento dal fornitore di contenuti
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z
Tabella dei contenuti
- 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.