Part of the Gallipoli campaign of WW1. Opposed by the Ottoman Turkish defenders, troops from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on the Gallipoli peninsula. The assault did not go as planned and at least 2,000 men died, on both sides.
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Anzac Cove landing
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Anzac boulder
This sandstone boulder (three quarters of a tonne) is one of 6 removed from a...
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Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
Soldier and member of the Royal Family. Born at Sandringham, third son of George V. Married Alice. Parents of Richard, who inherited the title. Governor-General of Australia 1944-7, returning t...
4 memorials
James Bowen
Children's author. Born Surrey as James Anthony Bowen. His mother moved him as a child to Australia. Aged 17 he returned to the UK but he became homeless, began begging and started using heroin. Hi...
1 memorial
transportation to Australia
One of the (many) supposed origins of the word 'pom' for an Englishman, is that convicts were branded with the initials of 'Prisoner of Millbank'.
5 memorials
Gavin Alexander Porter
2024: We were contacted by John Stackhouse whose article about Porter will be published in the next issue of Medal News, published by Token Publishing. John kindly provided this photograph and all ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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South African War
N5, Highbury Fields
We are told by the people at The Register of the Anglo-Boer War that this war actually ended on 31 May 1902. The memorial gives 1903 as t...
War dead | Other war
111 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
111 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
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