Gallipoli campaign to be remembered in London, Turkey and Portsmouth

Friday, November 21st 2014 - 06:40 UTC

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Three days of international commemorations in London, Turkey and Portsmouth will remember the bitter Gallipoli campaign, 100 years after men stormed the Dardanelles. Read full article

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Anglotino
I've been to Gallipoli twice. Once with a Cornish boyfriend who didn't see what the fuss was about and once with a mate when we did the Dawn Service along with several thousand others Aussies, Kiwis and Turks.

Very moving experience.
Nov 21st, 2014 - 08:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Clyde15
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Yes, it is much more important for the ANZACS as it triggered off a national consciousness in both countries and was responsible for defining what it meant to be an Australian or New Zealander.
In Britain, it was just another disaster no worse than the killing fields of the Somme.
My Grandfather was in the battle as a cavalryman and received wounds from which he died five years later.
Nov 21st, 2014 - 09:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Anglotino
Yeah it is a defining moment in Australia and New Zealand's national identity - and also Turkey's. Indeed it is probably the closest we come to a real national day. Though I've also been through Flanders and places like Ypres (Menem Gate), it was at ANZAC Cove that I was most moved.

It will be a big ANZAC Day next year. They had to have a lottery for tickets to Turkey to be as fair as possible. I might make the trek up to Canberra for the Dawn Service next year with my Colombian flatmates. I usually go to the Shrine most years.
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redp0ll
Anzac Cove. The landing was the result of botched planning as the troops were not supposed to land there at all but thats no reflection on the courage and heroism of the soldiers involved, particularly at Lone Pine. The 8th Hampshires had captured the main ridge but were forced to retreat beause they were shelled by the guns of the Royal Navy.
A slight connection with the Falklands Battle is that HMS Canopus was sunk at Gallipoli.
Some British officers considered the Anzac troops indisciplined as they didnt salute their officers. To quote General Freiburg VC when ticked of for the same thing in WW2, he replied “Well Sir , if you wave at them they will always wave back”
Nov 22nd, 2014 - 12:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Anglotino
“Well Sir , if you wave at them they will always wave back”

HAHAHAHAHA it really does sum us up a bit.
Nov 22nd, 2014 - 01:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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redp0ll
Anglotino Perhaps that diet of jumbucks and Vegemite you eat may have summat to do with it?
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Anglotino
Redpoll I have bought a travelling tube of Vegemite for my 3 months overseas.

Can't wait to see some Mexican faces when they try it.
Nov 23rd, 2014 - 09:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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redp0ll
Mexican standoff?
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