All the King's men - Nigel McCrery

King George V's own Sandringham company was formed entirely from volunteers from among the workers on the King's Royal estate in Norfolk. Young and old, these were men keen to fight for King and Country in the Great War. Many of them were never to return home. Sent into battle against the Turks at Gallipoli, the whole battalion simply disappeared. Despite extensive enquiries by King George V and Queen Alexandra, no trace of the men was ever discovered. Some reports mentioned a cloud coming down on dense woodland and spiriting them away, others that the men were caught in crossfire while fighting their way through a burning wood. Even after the discovery of a sinister mass grave by a mysterious priest the fate of the men remained a secret. It is only now that Nigel McCrery, who gained privileged access to the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle and travelled out to the scene of the battle, can reveal what befell this gallant band of gentlemen.