The Landings at Suvla Bay, 1915 by MICHAEL JOHN MORTLOCK Ph.D.
An Analysis of British failure During the Gallipoli Campaign
$35.00 ISBN 978-0-7864-3035-2 McFarland Publishers
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This work is an extensive analysis of the 1915 British landings at Suvla Bay, one of the most mismanaged and ineffective operations of World War I.

Chapters examine the events that led to the landings on the Gallipoli peninsula, and analyze the events and decisions contributing to their failure.

Photos, maps, notes, appendices, index.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:  Michael John Morlock
Born: Barton Mills, Suffolk, England, UK

Early Education: Worlington Voluntary Primary Church of England School
                Mildenhall Modern Secondary School
                Boy Scouts - First Mildenhall Troop, 1944-1948

Leaving school at fifteen, Michael Mortlock worked on “Manor Farm,“  his family farm in Worlington, England, until January, 1952, when he chose to serve the King as a gunner in the Royal Artillery, doing so faithfully. Following the two-year stint with the Regular Army, Mortlock served with the Suffolk Yeomanry (Territorial Army) based at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, during the years 1954-1956.  He rejoined this unit from 1975 to 1982.

Arriving in the United States in 1984, Mortlock enrolled in Summer School at V.C.U.  In the autumn he became an undergraduate
student at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College where he served as the Editor of the Reynolds Journal for eighteen months.  In 1986 he was awarded a Full Academic Scholarship to Virginia Union University, graduating magna cum laude with a B.A. in History and Political Science. 

In 1990 he gained a Graduate Assistantship at the University of Richmond where he earned a M.A. in History in 1994. At UR Mortlock worked as an archivist for several years completing work on the Hamner, Peple, Roberts and Lutz/Van Collections.

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