Much has rightly been written of the boy soldiers who were able to lie their way into serving and dying on the Western Front. But what about the schoolboy sailors deliberately sent to war, writes Andrew Thomson. The 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings - one of the costliest phases of World War One - will be commemorated next month. It's estimated that both sides lost 130,000 dead as the Allies unsuccessfully battled the Ottoman army for control of the Dardanelles strait. Among the dead were two 15-year-old boys from Scotland - best friends Torquil MacLeod and Ronnie Faed, who served aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMS Goliath. Read more http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31712158
good day peter clare.very senior member.yesterday.12:21pm.the school boy sailor who died at gallipoli.i have read your very moving link.so sad to loose young boys at war,i wonder if churchill slept well when he got that news,but with 130.000 dead on both sides who's counting.may they rest in peace.regards bernard85
