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Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett CBE (11 February 1881 – 4 May 1931) was an English war correspondent during the First World War. Through his reporting of the Battle of Gallipoli, Ashmead-Bartlett was instrumental in the birth of the Anzac legend which still dominates military history in Australia and New Zealand.
- 1902–1920
- 4 May 1931 (aged 50), Lisbon, Portugal
- 11 February 1881, London, England
- War correspondent
Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett. Full name: Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett. Born: 11 February 1881. London. United Kingdom. Died: 5 April 1931. Lisbon. Portugal. Occupation: Education: Marlborough College, Wiltshire, United Kingdom. Fate: Resigned from the British Army in 1904. Highest rank: Captain. Enlistment: Decorations/ commendations: Service: British Army.
Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (24 August 1849 – 18 January 1902) was an American-born British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1902. Early life. Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Ellis Bartlett of Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Sophia Ashmead of Philadelphia.
- Frances Christina Walsh
- Francis Seymour Stevenson
Dawn of the Legend: Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett. It was a British war correspondent’s despatches that gave Australians the first definite news of how their countrymen had gone into battle at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.
Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, an English journalist, was first to report the events of the Gallipoli landing in Australian newspapers. In doing so, he laid the foundations for the Anzac legend. Ashmead-Bartlett's report was published in Australia on 8 May 1915.
Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett's letter to British Prime Minister Asquith, dated 8 September 1915, was one of the most important factors in the decision to evacuate the Gallipoli peninsula. Read a carbon copy of the original letter. The letter details the disastrous nature of the Gallipoli Campaign.
The longevity of Ashmead-Bartlett's opinions and observations are measured out in how Australians still regard their Gallipoli heroes. That said, Ashmead-Bartlett, quite apart from his myth-making ...