Beachy Bill

Beachy Bill: The name given to a Turkish big gun by the men at Gallipoli. An officer wrote, "At Anzac we knew almost every gun by name....'Did you hear old Beachy pooping off this morning?' was a frequent question."

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The above term is listed in our Compendium of the Great War on this day.

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