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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August: we remember
Using data from census records, war graves and war memorials we can begin to discover the names of those Finsbury Rifles from the historic boroughs of Finsbury and Islington who died at Gallipoli. The attacks on the Finsbury Rifles in August 1915 seem to have been particularly devastating for our local soldiers. We remember the…
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Islington Daily Gazette and North London Tribune
Reading the Islington Daily Gazette and North London Tribune helps us to understand how the war was reported at home in Finsbury and Islington. It makes harrowing reading as we discover how little of the Finsbury Rifles’ suffering in Gallipoli is reported at home. Islington Daily Gazette and North London Tribune 5th August 1915 Parcels…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 29 August to 31 August
Location: AGHYL DERE Date: 29.8.15 Several men wounded by machine gun in early morning. Day otherwise uneventual and spent in fatigues and improving bivouac. Digging parties provided during night to link up right and left sections of fire-trenches occupied by 1/5th Bedfordshire to whom the battalion is being held in reserve. Date: 30.8.15 Bulk of…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 22 August to 28 August
Location: SUVLA Date: 22 August 15 Orders received that battalion would be relieved during day by part of 29th Division. In the meanwhile to be still prepared to take part in any general advance. A quiet day. Battalion not called upon to move. Just before midnight relieved by 5th Royal Scots and returned to Base…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 17 August to 21 August
Location: SUVLA (Lone Tree Gully) Date: 17 August 15 Quiet day in trenches. Reinforcing draft under Capt Collins arrived. Effort made to get companies reorganised and men of the battalion withdrawn as far as possible from other battalion trenches. Date: 18 August 15 Quiet day in trenches. Shelling and sniping at intervals and a few…
