Wreaths at the base of the War Memorial on Cape Helles on the Gallipoli peninsula.
A close view of three wreaths laid at the base of the War Memorial at Cape Helles on the Gallipoli peninsula. The wreath in the centre has the inscription "To our comrades of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and the Royal Navy". The lower panel on the memorial has the following carved into the stone "In honoured memory of the units and ships which fought on Gallipoli or in the Dardanelles and of these 20504 British sailors and soldiers and 248 Australian soldiers who fell in this neighbourhood 1914-1916 and have no known graves."
Object Details
ID: | P91739 |
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Type: | Sheet film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Marine Photo Service |
Date made: | 1934 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 116 mm x 166 mm |