Aylmer Hunter-Weston
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Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston, was a British Army officer who served in the First World War on the Western Front, at Gallipoli in 1915, and in the very early stages of the Somme Of
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Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston.
Lieutenant General Aylmer Hunter-Weston at the headquarters of British VIII Corps, Cape Helles, Gallipoli, 1915.
Major-General Aylmer Hunter-Weston, along with two members of his staff, in the trench leading to his dug-out, the entrance to which, protected by sand-bags, is seen in the background, July 1915.
Battles of Krithia
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During the Gallipoli campaign in 1915, several battles were fought near the village of Krithia, today Alçıtepe. The village was an objective of the first day of the landing, 25 April 1915. Over the fo
Aylmer Hunter-Weston
…to by one modern writer as "one of the Great War's spectacular incompetents". However, another historian writes that although his poor performance at Krithia earned his reputation "as one of the most brutal and incompetent commanders of the First World War" "in his later battles (at Gallipoli) he seemed to…
Third Battle of Krithia