Edward Unwin
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Captain Edward Unwin, was a Royal Navy officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth
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Commodore Edward Unwin VC (left) receiving congratulations on being gazetted on 16th August, in connection with the SS RIVER CLYDE at 'V' Beach. He was beach master at Suvla Bay when this photograph was taken.
The view from the River Clyde of the lighters and Sedd el Bahr castle, 25 April 1915.
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Landing at Cape Helles
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The landing at Cape Helles was part of the Gallipoli campaign, the amphibious landings on the Gallipoli peninsula by British and French forces on 25 April 1915 during the First World War. Helles, at t
Edward Unwin
…the Gallipoli peninsula, Unwin proposed beaching the 4,000 ton collier SS River Clyde on the narrow beach beneath Sedd el Bahr at Cape Helles, known as V Beach, thereby allowing 2,000 troops to be landed together. At the age of 51, Unwin was promoted to acting Captain and given command of the River Clyde for…
SS River Clyde at V Beach
V Beach about two days after the landing, seen from the bow of River Clyde
Modern view of V Beach from Cape Helles. Sedd-el-Bahr (Seddülbahir in modern Turkish) is in the background with Sedd-el-Bahr fort behind it. V Beach CWGC Cemetery is in the middle of the picture.