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Helles Memorial, Turkey
Helles Memorial, Turkey
Helles Memorial, Turkey where there are 20,886 identified casualties honoured. The Helles Memorial serves the dual function of Commonwealth battle memorial for the whole Gallipoli campaign and place of commemoration for many of those Commonwealth servicemen who died there and have no known grave. The United Kingdom and Indian forces named on the memorial died in operations throughout the peninsula, the Australians at Helles. There are also panels for those who died or were buried at sea in Gallipoli waters. Over 20,000 names are commemorated on this memorial. There are four other Memorials to the Missing at Gallipoli. The Lone Pine, Hill 60, and Chunuk Bair Memorials commemorate Australian and New Zealanders at Anzac. The Twelve Tree Copse Memorial commemorates the New Zealanders at Helles. Naval casualties of the United Kingdom lost or buried at sea are recorded on their respective Memorials at Portsmouth, Plymouth and Chatham, in the United Kingdom.
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Born 1885
Died 1915
British Army Captain Worcestershire Regiment 4th Battalion
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Born 1882
Died 1915
British Army 7139 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers
British Army 7139 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 4th Battalion
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Died 1915
British Army 3216 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment
British Army 3216 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion
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Died 1915
British Army 3386 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment
British Army 3386 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion.
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Died 1915
British Army 2495 Private Highland Light Infantry 6th Battalion
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Born 1890
Died 1915
British Army 7930 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion
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Born 1870
Died 1915
British Army Fleet Surgeon Royal Navy
British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps 54th (1st/1st East Anglian) Casualty Clearing Station
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Died 1915
British Army 8956 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion.
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Born 1892
Died 1915
British Army 1046 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders 4th gordon highland Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers
British Army Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers 3rd Battalion attached to the 1st Battalion
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Born 1892
Died 1915
British Army 3116 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion.
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Born 1876
Died 1915
British Army Major Royal Welsh Fusiliers 5th Battalion
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Died 1915
British Army 2399 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st/4th Bn.
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Died 1915
British Army 8947 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion.
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Died 1915
British Army 3049 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport
British Army 3049 Sapper Royal Engineers 2nd/1st Lowland Field Company
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Died 1915
British Army GS/125327 Private Royal Fusiliers
British Army L/13042 Private Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion
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Born 1897
Died 1915
British Army 1770 Private Manchester Regiment 8th Battalion
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Died 1915
British Army 3573 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion.
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Born 1893
Died 1915
British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots 7th Battalion
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Born 1891
Died 1915
British Army 1508 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 5th Battalion
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Born 1881
Died 1915
Royal Navy Temporary Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Division - Collingwood Battalion
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