Hi all,
I'm new to the site so should explain I am an Australian living on the Gallipoli Peninsula, in the town of Eceabat, close to the battlefields.
I just saw this thread and can say that buttons the same as those believed to be Turkish are on display in a private museum my wife and I have been helping out with in the village of Buyukanafarta. These buttons were found on the battlefield in the Suvla area on farmland owned by the Turkish chap, Ozay Akdogan, who has the museum.
While the Berkshire Yeomanry did serve at Suvla, as has been noted their buttons would have been different. I have seen similar Turkish buttons found at the Seddulbahir front, a sector where the yeomanry did not serve.
While not trying to plug the museum in Buyukanafarta I have to say it has an interesting collection of badges and buttons from English units that served at Suvla, which is why I joined this forum, as part of my hunt to identify these pieces.
Cheers
Bill
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