Philip Sidney Snell (OC 806) had played for the 1st XI Cricket team between 1910 and 1912, captaining the team in his last year at school. He joined the OTC at Trinity University before commissioning into the 6th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers
The Battalion landed at Suvla Bay as part of the 10th Irish Division and two days later Philip was killed in the attack on Chocolate Hill (Hill 70). The Company Commander wrote to his father: ... The last time I saw him he was very gallantly leading his men in the face of very heavy shrapnel and rifle fire ... We carried out a prolonged attack on 6 August on Chocolate Hill ... In doing this he was struck in the small of the back by a spent bullet which bruised and hurt him, but he carried on as if nothing had happened.
He was 21 years old and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial Gallipoli
Old Campbellian