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Page 18, Court of Equiry and posted to HMS Liverpool.

Page 17, accidental shooting of a 'wireless boy'

Have looked through the Ukrainien section of David Littlejohns 'Foreign Legions of the Third Reich' volume 4 but cant find any similarities in the uniform shown. The Ukrainien badges seem to usually feathure the 'trident' in them somewhere which is either missing from your man or is obscured. Sorry cant be of more help.

Page 16, Easter day.

Page 15, his ship recieves a hit and a submarine sighted.

Page 14, bombarding inland Turkish targets.

Page 13, an engagement with a Turkish aeroplane.

Page 12 of the diary.

Thank you for your comments Simon, I will continue to post this diary as time allows. Any help with that medal would be much appreciated :cheers:

Page 11. Bombarding a Turkish fort.

Page 10. Note the payment for a paintbrush!

Page 9, gives an account of anti-aircraft fire from his ship.

Page 8. Mentions the use of British spotter planes to assist bombardment.

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The diary runs to twenty eight pages which I will post if anyone would wish to read it.

A final photograph of Wheeler with his family.

Another photograph of the man, this time wearing a medal I have been unable to identify, any help would be much appreciated :cheers:

This photograph shows Wheeler in khaki.

This short handwritten diary was the property of H Wheeler of the Royal Marine Light Infantry and covers his service against the Turkish Forces from 1917 to 1919 in the Eastern Med. Whilst it does not cover any major sea battles I believe its interest is in the day to day onboard life of the Royal Navy and the harsh realities of the discipline.

Found this fine gentleman in Brookwood Cemetery.....any relation Robin?

A postcard produced for the 'Welsh troops picture post card day, in aid of the National fund for Welsh troops' and entitled '18th Battalion The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 2nd London Welsh Regiment'.