1. Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett was an English war correspondent during the First World War.
14 Facts About Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett
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Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett attended Marlborough College and served as a lieutenant in The Bedfordshire Regiment during the Second Boer War.
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Two years later, Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett arrived in Manchuria to report the Russo-Japanese War.
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Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett was responsible for the first eyewitness accounts of the battle.
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Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett had his mattress brought up on deck so that he would not be trapped in his cabin.
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Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett sailed for Malta to acquire a new wardrobe.
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Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett was questioned by Lord Kitchener.
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When he returned to Gallipoli, Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett established himself on the island of Imbros, which was the site of Hamilton's headquarters.
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Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett had obtained a movie camera while in London with which he captured the only film footage of the battle.
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On his return to London, Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett gave an "interview" to The Sunday Times.
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Short of money, Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett undertook a lecture tour of England and Australia.
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Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett reported on the fighting on the Western Front in France.
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Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett's coverage was noted for his strong hostility to Mohandas Gandhi's campaign for Indian Independence.
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Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett died, aged 50, in Lisbon, Portugal of a congestive lung disease while on assignment for The Daily Telegraph on 4 May 1931.