Private (ALFRED) CHARLES FULBROOK

Charles was an early casualty of the campaign, being killed in action just three days after landing at Cape Helles in the Dardanelles.  He was only 18 years old, the youngest son of John and Ann Fulbrook of Broad Oak[1].  In 1911 he had been an errand boy in an oil stores[2], living at home with his parents, his older brothers, Frank and Frederick, both farm labourers like their father, and his older sister, Britannia, who was ‘helping at home’.  He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, which stands on the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula.

The Hampshire continued their operations throughout May and early June, their positions at various stages shown in Figure 2.  However, by 11 May 75% of the Battalion had been killed in action, were missing or had been wounded and those who survived were exhausted[3].  

June 4^th was set to be the date for another general attack Another organisational failure meant that ammunition and artillery for such an attack was minimal and although advances were made and five lines of trenches over-run by the Hampshires (see Figure 3), they faced increasing counter attacks from the Turks and they were unable to hold these positions.  L/Cpl Harry Brown was one of those wounded in this action.