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 in Gallipoli: 15 November to 21 November
Date: 15.11.1915 Battalion relieved at dawn by Suffolk Yeomanry. Rest camp shelled by 5 howitser about midday and one man wounded. Day and night otherwise quiet. 5 men to hospital. Routine parades and inspections. Date: 16.11.1915 A few shells burst during day over camp but no damage done. Parades and Physical drill as usual. Bombing…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 8 November to 14 November
Date: 8.11.1915 Quiet day and night. Routine parades as usual. No men to hospital. Weather during past few days very fine. Practise alarm at 2030. Date: 9.11.1915 Uneventful day and night. Orders received for relief of Suffolk Yeomanry in new Centre Sector on following day. Trenches visited by officers in afternoon. Two men to hospital.…
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Boy Soldiers: voices from the Great War
Boy Soldiers: voices from the Great War, is a short film, commissioned by the Museum of London which tries to imagine some of the experiences of boy soldiers in the trenches. No one aged under 18 should have been able to sign up, yet we know that over 250,000 boys fought in the war. Research…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 1 November to 7 November
Date: 1.11.1915 Day quiet until about 1600 when during shelling of Franklin’s Post a few shells came very low over right of our line bursting about 100 yards behind trenches. Night uneventful nil report from patrol. 2 men to hospital, routine as usual. Date: 2.11.1915 Quiet day, a few shells as on previous day over…
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October: we remember
Using data from census records, war graves and war memorials we can begin to discover the names of those from the historic boroughs of Finsbury and Islington who died at Gallipoli. In October we remember the death of: Finsbury Rifles 01/10/1915 Lance Corporal William George Kearns 5 Brewery Rd., Caledonian Rd Aged 20 Rifleman William…
