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Co;nroanding Officer I "Gr eat boy:" to cover ground" ~ Too t rue 1
Then came t he clay whe n our death sentence was pronounced , but nev er Was a
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death se ntence received \11t h such bur-e t e of che ers . Lord Kitchf'!ner r -evde ve d the
22nd. Di v l:don, 'Who were pr ep aring to leave f or Pr-enc e , a nd he come 80100« t o u s
!at t he same time. Nev found I s nder-e , "ebun ' ~ I can se e him no w quite a s pla in 8 5
if I ver-e ba ck t here vl tnes l!d ng t he flame s cen e over again. 111 em se ndfng y ou out
to the Dar-dane Hee very eh or t ly" J he said. A t hril l ve nt, through t he nnk:'l, an d
it _d id ~ ' ~ _~n e :..d ~ close , o~ Eerva t1 on t o eee the bOYE were itching for hi m to finish
~;-. :pe~-~-~~-=-~it~~~'-G~Y--:-bye~~~'g o"':od- iuc kt '-~ ' ihe ==gre~t~F i e lc-~'1a r"h~ 1 1 - r"Od~ : IiWltY, .:-.
and the echo of our c heer-s moved the very clouds that obscured the he ave n e , He
looked . back a nd sa Iut.ed j t.ha t, was the .l a s t I eev of the great &trl . SOl!Ie of the
boys met him e gafn in Ce l 11r01!.
Gr eat prepllr at10n8 vez-e being mad e i n a nd ar.ound our Bar -r-acka , Tu ,n15port
vagone,
kicking mule s , boxes of ammunit ion, sun heIee t,e a nd suite of Khaki dr i l l
'Were rolling into camp dail y . On the night of t he 19th~ of AUg\l t'lt 19 15 , t he
£irB t Reg i men t from Ne wfoundl and left Ald ershot to try Lt.e luck on t he hl11d de s
of far-away Gallipoli.
The Von.ge
ArriVi ng at Pl ymout h the f ol l owing mor ning we embarke d on t he tc-co pehrp
Meg a nt i e, and when -the eun was einking ove r t he western hilla of Devon many a
Ne \lt oun dl a nd er gaz ed his last ou t he ehcree of de a r ol d Engl a nd .
Our
trip acr-oea t he Bay of B1e cRy, vas une ve nt f ul, exce pt f or the old
f al:l111ilr cr y of 'Ouse yt •Ousey t "Ouee about lind WhR t ab out i t t Who ~aY8 ' Ouse ?'
"Come on my lucky llild ~t II Nobody sa y the old diamond t.hfe time, eentl emen t"We l l
up ehe goe e l" T \lO cr-ovn e and a lucy, old heart "t "The old man pays agdn"t
Oth er cr i es of "Who Eay8 a Bombay frhzer , e k, til br-ought, ba ck to tllJ" memory our old
hoa e Regatta, vhen "Clgar8t C1t:arflt 'Wer e much in evdde nce ,