Tag: Local History
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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…
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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…
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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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Learning through Gallipoli
In 2015/16 Islington Museum received funding from the Gallipoli Centenary Education Project to tell the stories of those men who travelled from Islington to Mudros to fight in the disastrous Gallipoli campaign. Five local primaries, Ashmount, Copenhagen, Drayton Park, Newington Green and Tufnell Park, worked with musicians Jonathan Rees and Firat Derat…
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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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