Islington Museum
Explore Islington’s stories of the people, the places and the ideas that created our borough. The Friends of Islington Museum support the museum in all its activities!
Get involved to learn about the borough’s hidden histories, explore our collections and learn about what makes Islington such a fascinating place to live, work, and play.
Islington Museum
Visit to explore Islington’s story through free exhibitions and programming.
Current Exhibition
Our Islington: Art of the Borough
Celebrating Islington’s artists, with chances to add your own creations. 12/09/24 – 12/01/24
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Islington Archives
Visit to do hands-on exploration of our archive of 100,000+ documents related to the borough.
Islington Heritage Projects
Learn about how we are conserving Islington’s heritage and bringing art to the borough.
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Finsbury Rifles: Away from the Western Front. 9th June to 17th June 1916.
Date 9 to 10/6/16 Work on defences as usual. Orders received to prepare to join a mobile column. Date 11/6/16 Battalion proceeded to join mobile column by route march to point of concentration via Geneffe railhead. Burgea for the night. Date 12/6/16 Battalion proceeded to a point 6 miles east of Geneffe railhead and bivouacked for…
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Finsbury Rifles, Away from the Western Front. 1st June – 9th June 1916.
Location SHALLUFA Date 1 to 2/6/16 Work on defences as usual. Captain Comber reported from English leave. Date 3/6/16 Work on defences as usual. 6 other ranks joined from 54th Divisional Base Details. Date 4 to 8/6/16 Work on defences as usual. 3 other ranks joined from 54th Divisional Base Details. Please explore our Glossary…
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Finsbury Rifles, Away from the Western Front. 24th May to 31th May 1916.
In this passage follow the Rifles from Gebel Murr (on the East of the Suez Canal) to bases at Kubri and Shallufa (to the north of the Canal). The map below comes from the book ‘The New Zealanders at Gallipoli’ (1919), and illustrates the location of El Kubri and Shallufa. It took the 1/11 London 2hours and…
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Finsbury Rifles, Away from the Western Front: 17th May to 23rd May.
Work continues as usual, with inspections and work on defences. The Rifles prepare to return to Kubri, from Gebel Mur. Date 17/5/16 Work on the defences before breakfast. Various fatigues found. Guards and piquet’s as usual. Date 18/5/16 GOK Division visits the post 05/54 inspected the works. Normal routine. Date 19/5/16 Work on defences. 6…
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Finsbury Rifles, Away from the Western Front. 10th May to 16th May 1916.
In this passage we see the Rifles move from El Shatt to Gebel Mur. The Diary logs the arrival of Captain Tattersall, alongside 40 other ranks. Tattersall is pictured below , standing on a dune, in an image which illustrates the wide horizons and tall dunes of the Rifles’ environment at this point. Tattersall appears later…
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