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Tag Archives: Gallipoli
Restored First World War ship on show at Portsmouth Dockyard
The First World War monitor HMS M33 is the latest addition to the collection of warships on display at Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard. Restored at a cost of £2.5m, largely paid for by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the vessel saw service … Continue reading
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Tagged 1915, 1918, First World War, First World War Centenary, Gallipoli, HMS M33, museums, news, Portsmouth, Royal Navy, Russia, UK News, WW1
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British artillerymen at Gallipoli, 1915
Two 60-pounder (5-inch) guns of 90th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) prepare for action at Cape Helles, Gallipoli. The gun in the foreground features rudimentary camouflage on its barrel and identification numbers on its carriage. The battery would later … Continue reading
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Tagged 1915, 90th Heavy Battery, First World War, First World War Centenary, Gallipoli, Royal Garrison Artillery, WW1
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Messages to wounded WW1 Kiwi soldiers found in attic
A banner embroidered with messages from home to recovering New Zealand soldiers has been found in an attic at Walton-on-Thames. The town was the site of the Mount Felix military hospital where Kiwi soldiers recovered from wounds received at Gallipoli. Wounded at Gallipoli New … Continue reading
Surviving Gallipoli ship to be restored and put on display
The last surviving ship that took part in the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 is to be restored and opened to the public with the help of a £1.75m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). HMS M33 was a monitor … Continue reading
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Tagged centenary, Centenary of the First World War, First World War, Gallipoli, M33, news, Portsmouth, Royal Navy, Russia, UK News, WW1
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Berkshire VC winner to have Reading statue
A statue to commemorate a VC winning British cavalryman is to be erected in the centre of Reading, Berkshire. It will depict trooper Fred Potts of the Berkshire Yeomanry dragging a wounded comrade, trooper Arthur Andrews, to safety on a … Continue reading
Australian PM highlights importance of WW1 in shaping nation
Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has said Gallipoli was one of a ‘tide of events’ that shaped the Australian nation. In his Anzac Day address at the Australian War Memorial, Abbott also called for Australians to remember the Western Front … Continue reading
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Tagged 1915, ANZAC Day, Australia, Centenary of the First World War, Gallipoli, news, Tony Abbott, Western Front, world news
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Wildlife at Gallipoli, December 1915
‘Bird and insect life is most interesting here… Larks can always be seen, and their presence seems to lessen in some degree the sordidness of war. One feels thankful that, no matter how many guns may be thundering, the noise … Continue reading
Family recovers medals of Australian Aboriginal soldier
The family of an Australian Aboriginal soldier who was killed during the First World War have been reunited with his war medals. Private Arthur Walker’s great-grandson, John Lochowiak, was given the medals by a relative after she saw him at … Continue reading
Cruise ship prepares for April 2015 Gallipoli visit
On 25 April 2015, cruise ship Saga Sapphire will be anchored off Anzac Cove – 100 years to the day that the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps went ashore there. Passengers will be able to take part in trips … Continue reading
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Tagged Anzac Cove, Australia and New Zealand in World War I, centenary, Gallipoli, news, Saga cruises, travel
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WWI shinty players remembered at Scotland’s Blas Festival
Shinty’s Heroes, a play that commemorates sportsmen who played shinty and who were killed in World War I, will be part of September’s Blas festival 2013 at the Nevis Centre in Fort William. The Herald reports that the show will … Continue reading
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Tagged 1915, Blas Festival, Cameron Highlanders, Fort William, Gallipoli, RAMC, Scotland, Shinty
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First World War Centenary, 1914-1918 