Wheel of the River Clyde

The regular units of the British Army were unable to cope with the demands of the World War and two battalions of Irish Regulars were chosen to be part of the hazardous first landing at Gallipoli.

 Soldiers of the Royal Munster Fusiliers and Royal Dublin Fusiliers were packed into the converted collier, River Clyde, and into open boats rowed by sailors.

As they tried to land on the tip of Gallipoli (at a place designated V Beach), the soldiers were slaughtered by the fire of the Turks manning the high ground.

Their casualties were so great that the two reduced battalions were joined together, and became known as the ‘Dubsters’.