12 August 1915
Anafarta Spur Advance Ordered
The 163rd Brigade is ordered forward from the Suvla line to clear ground near Anafarta Spur and improve the connection toward Kiretch Tepe.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Anafarta Spur in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The 163rd Brigade is ordered forward from the Suvla line to clear ground near Anafarta Spur and improve the connection toward Kiretch Tepe.
Proctor-Beauchamp presses ahead with part of his battalion after support falls away, leaving the group isolated in broken ground.
Proctor-Beauchamp leads the 1/5th Norfolks on the right of the 163rd Brigade advance through difficult scrub-covered ground.
Proctor-Beauchamp is killed during the failed 1/5th Norfolk advance from the Suvla sector.
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