Episode 5 of a six part audio drama based on the memoir of Alexander (Sandy) Barclay, who fought in the infamous Gallipoli campaign of 1915.

By turns brutal, horrific and funny, the series tells of the real experiences of the men who volunteered as cavalrymen in the Ayrshire Yeomanry, only to have their horses taken away. They were retained in trench warfare  and sent to Gallipoli (now in modern day Turkiye), where they were out manned, out gunned and outflanked at every turn.

Sandy Barclay's story covers the Christmas period of 1915, when both the weather and fighting broke men's spirits. His own endurance is stretched to the limit, but he is still capable of acts of extreme bravery which he shrugs off in this compelling memoir. Sleeplessness becomes the norm...