Dublin’s story of the First World War is dominated by memory of the Dublin Pals at Gallipoli, specifically their role at Suvla Bay in August 1915. Yet they were alongside another battalion of the Dublin Fusiliers, and Dubliners also fought in many other units. Any account which only focuses on the 7th Dublins can therefore only partly explain why Gallipoli came to mean so much to Dubliners. In particular, the role of the 6th Dublins should be a central part of Dublin’s story of Suvla Bay, which began as both battalions left their camp at Basingstoke for Devonport over 9 and 10 July 1915. They reached Lesbos on 25 and 26 July via Gibraltar, Malta and Alexandria where they saw exotic sights such as ‘sailing vessels like those seen in Biblical pictures’.2 Nearly a fortnight was spent on Lesbos, hearing ‘in the olive-trees the locusts making a funny noise like starlings’,3 before the battalions embarked for Suvla Bay on 6 August.4