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During World War I, Attlee was given the rank of captain and served with the South Lancashire Regiment in the Gallipoli Campaign in Turkey.

After a period of fighting there, he became ill with dysentery and was sent to a hospital in Malta to recover.

While he was in the hospital, many of his comrades were killed in the Battle of Sari Bair.

Later, when he returned to the front, he was informed that his company had been chosen to hold the final lines when Gallipoli was evacuated.

He was the second to last man to be evacuated from Suvla Bay ( the last being General F. S.

Maude ).