DioramaArt
A Fixture
On the 21st August 1915 the men of the Warwickshire Yeomanry (2nd Mounted Division, 1st South Midland mounted brigade) were sent into battle with orders to capture Scimitar Hill (70) Gallipoli.
Sent into battle about 6pm as a second wave against the 12th/34th Infantry Regiment Yusufçuk Tepe (Turkish forces). Leaping from the trenches of Chocolate Hill the Yeomanry ran; the brush on fire and choking smoke in the air, set light from allied ship bombardment, then from artillery from the defending Ottoman forces. Those brave men ran into the flames, many to be killed and wounded in needless slaughter including my uncle.
The scene is significant for me, my Great Great Uncle L/CL Robert Lidzy is buried at a Green Hill cemetery near Scimitar Hill, with the grave inscription “Until The Day Break” requested by his widow.
The Diorama is created using a mix of 1/35 ICM and Miniart figures resculpted with Hornet heads, with base and details scratch built.
Sent into battle about 6pm as a second wave against the 12th/34th Infantry Regiment Yusufçuk Tepe (Turkish forces). Leaping from the trenches of Chocolate Hill the Yeomanry ran; the brush on fire and choking smoke in the air, set light from allied ship bombardment, then from artillery from the defending Ottoman forces. Those brave men ran into the flames, many to be killed and wounded in needless slaughter including my uncle.
The scene is significant for me, my Great Great Uncle L/CL Robert Lidzy is buried at a Green Hill cemetery near Scimitar Hill, with the grave inscription “Until The Day Break” requested by his widow.
The Diorama is created using a mix of 1/35 ICM and Miniart figures resculpted with Hornet heads, with base and details scratch built.
