LLYTHYR ODDIWRTH FILWR CLWYFIEDIG O BWLLHELI.
Derbyniasom y llythyr â ganlyn oddiwrth Sergt. Hughie Griffiths, Gaol Street, yr hwn a glwyfwyd yn y brwydro yn Gallipoli."Just a few lines hoping you are in the best of health and spirits. I suppose you have seen my name among the wounded by now. I am giving you the voyage from Devonport to the Dardanelles.
We left --------- on July 13th. The train took us right along side and we were marched straight to the ship, and we were off before we could write a postcard. We called at Gibraltar, Malta and Alexandria We had a route march at Alexandria, and then we left the next morning for Lemnos. We left Lemnos again and arrived at Suvla Bay the same night—a hail of bullets awaiting us. But we did not land that night, we were kept on board s.s. ----------until morning. We landed in naval boats under heavy shrapnel fire.
All the Pwll boys were very cool. The Turks were firing on us all the time; two from the Battalion were killed before we went into action. The order came to advance and off we went under heavy shrapnel fire. There were about 40 warships firing the same time to cover our advance. We took Hill 53, keeping on advancing all the time. The officers were sending men for water to the rear all the time. None of them were coming back and we could not understand it at all. It was found out that there were snipers hiding amongst the trees, most of them woven covered with green leaves and their rifles and faces painted green. The orders came that there was a general advance to be at 5 o'clock on Chocolate Hill. Off we went and the Turks ran for their lives.
I fell wounded amonst hundreds of dead Turks and had to lay there till the next morning. Our boys had taken the hill so I had a chance to escape. The villages which were not far from the hill were all on fire. As the wounded were carried from the trenches the Turks were shelling them.
As soon as I arrived at the base hospital we were taken in boats to a hospital ship, and then to England.
I am sure the boys will bring honour to old Pwll. I hope to get back to them soon."