‘The River Clyde grounded on V beach during our dramatic landing on the shell-swept shores...

‘The River Clyde grounded on V beach during our dramatic landing on the shell-swept shores of Sedd-ul-Bahr’, 1915. Photograph, World War One, Gallipoli (1915). The SS ‘River Clyde’ was a 4,000 ton ex-collier that was used to land around 2000 troops at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, on 25 April 1915. She remained beached at Helles as a dock and breakwater. As well as being used for storage she also housed a field dressing station. In the foreground a supply dump is visible, testament to the huge build up of men and material at Helles after the initial landings. From a collection of 96 stereoscopic photographs entitled ‘The Great War’.