Gallipoli
The 1st Munsters together with the 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers and Hampshire Regiment were on the converted collier ‘River Clyde’ when it ran ashore for the Cape Helles 'V’ beach landing on 25 April 1915 at 06.20 am. On departing from the ship's bay they were subject to the most ferocious enfilading machine gun fire from hidden Turkish defences. Some hundred of the Battalion’s finest men fell at this stage of the battle, those who managed to get ashore could not advance due to this withering Turkish fire. On the following day it was decided to destroy the wire entanglements facing the men that the naval bombardment had failed to do. It was during this attack that Corporal Cosgrove 1st RMF, performed the action that was to earn him the regiment’s first Victoria Cross of the war. The action is best described by Cosgrove himself.
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