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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 26 October to 31 October
Location: AGHYL DERE (Anzac) Troops of the 3/11th Battalion, London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles) at the rifle instruction, October 1915 © IWM (Q 53824) Date: 26.10.15 Battalion relieved by Suffolk Yeomanry at 09.00. Remainder of day spent on improving new camp. Neighbourhood shelled in afternoon but more burst actually in lines. Lt…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 19 October to 25 October
Location: AGHYL DERE (Anzac) Date: 19.10.15 Battalion relieved at dawn by 1/5 Beds and retired to Bivouac ? during previous rest. Orders received to take over in 2 days time new Centre-?-Section firing line. New trenches inspected by CO. Two men wounded slightly while cleaning new rest camp. 5 men…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 12 October to 18 October
Location: AGHYL DERE (Anzac) Date: 12.10.15 13 men returned from Mudros. Orders received to relieve 1/5th Beds following day. Fatigues as before. 13 men to hospital. Date: 13.10.15 Battalion paraded before dawn and proceeded to relief of 1/5th Beds in firing lines. Relief completed by 06.30. At about 10.00 B…
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Canonbury man’s experiences: newspaper story
Islington Daily Gazette and North London Tribune 11th October 1915 Canonbury man’s experiences ~~~~ The loss of his mate ~~~~ An awful baptism Mr. W.R. Lovell, a church warden at St. Mary’s, Upper Street, Islington, has received the following letters from his son – Trooper R.F. Lovell. He is an…
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The Streets They Left Behind – the animation
In 2014/15 Islington Museum received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to create an educational resource to complement The Streets They Left Behind (STLB Mapping Project). The map The STLB is an interactive map commemorating all those with Finsbury and Islington connections who died in the First World War. The…
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Finsbury Park man’s experience: newspaper stories
Islington Daily Gazette and North London Tribune 7th October 2015 Warfare in Gallipoli ~~~~ Finsbury Park man’s experience ~~~~ We recently published extracts from a letter written by Trooper E.V. Balsom, of the machine Gun Section of the City of London Yeomanry Rough Riders, whose father – the proprietor of a…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 5 October to 11 October
Location: AGHYL DERE (Anzac) Date: 05.10.15 Two enemy guns located on top of ridge to left front of right of ? and pointed out to Brigadier. Day quiet. Two officers patrol sent out at dusk in direction of 92Z1and 92Z2. The former reported enemy outpost in old position, the latter…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 1 October to 4 October
Location: AGHYL DERE (Anzac) Date: 01.10.15 Trenches shelled about midday and also between 16.00 and 19.00; less than a dozen shells in all no damage done. From 16.30 onwards heavy bombardment of Hill 100 to Sandbag Ridge; observation made by ? and reported to Brigade. At dark two officer patrols…
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Finsbury park man in Gallipoli: newspaper story
Islington Daily Gazette and North London Tribune 30th September 1915 Finsbury Park man in Gallipoli ~~~~ How he dodged the snipers ~~~~ “The extravagance or a wash.” ~~~~ If the British Tommy at the Front is asked when he would like to come home, he would reply, “When the Germans…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 22 September to 30 September
Location: AGHYL DERE (Anzac) Date: 22.09.15 Hostile aeroplane over trenches about 11 am. Between 4.30 and 5.30pm heavy bombardment of lines. Two men wounded, one machine gun out of action and damage done to parapet of trenches in parts. At night small parties of Turks again seen in neighbourhood of…
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