An exhibition by the Bucks Military Museum Trust and the Buckingham Heritage Trust
At the Old Gaol, Buckingham from 18 August 2015
The 1/1st Royal Bucks Hussars sailed for Egypt in March 1915 as part of the 2nd (South Midland) Mounted Brigade. Leaving the horses in Egypt, the regiment was sent to Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, landing on 18 August 1915. Three days later, the brigade advanced acorss the ‘Salt Lake’ to attack the Turkish trenches on ‘Chocolate Hill’ and ‘Scimitar Hill’. Heavy casualties resulted, the regiment remaining on Gallipoli until November 1915.
This new exhibition tells the story of that baptism of fire for the 1/1st Royal Bucks Hussars a century ago.
