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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 …
Colaboradores
- Michael Hanna
Assunto
- World War I
- Primeira Guerra Mundial
Tipo de item
- Photograph
- Fotografia
Colaboradores
- Michael Hanna
Assunto
- World War I
- Primeira Guerra Mundial
Tipo de item
- Photograph
- Fotografia
Instituição fornecedora
Agregador
Declaração de direitos para os média neste item (a menos que especificado de outra forma)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Data de criação
- 2013-01-18 18:02:37 UTC
- 2013-01-18
- 2013-01-18
Locais
- Gallipoli Front
- Naval Warfare
Fonte
- UGC
Identificador
- 54259
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/4882/attachments/54259
Língua
- English
- eng
É parte de
- EnrichEuropeana
País fornecedor
- Europe
Nome da coleção
Publicado pela primeira vez na Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:13:58.042Z
Última atualização da instituição fornecedora
- 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.