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| In Memory ofFREDERICK JAMES GRAYPrivate
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| Additional Information: | Son of Isaac John Gray, of 444, Thornford, Sherborne, Dorset. |
| Memorial: | HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey |
| Grave
Reference/ Panel Number: |
Panel 136 to 139 |
| Location: | The Helles Memorial
stands on the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula. It takes the form of an
obelisk over 30 metres high that can be seen by ships passing through
the Dardanelles. The Helles Memorial commemorates the whole of the
Gallipoli campaign, so far as the forces of the Commonwealth were
concerned in it, and in particular the names of over 20,000 of those
with no known grave from the United Kingdom, India and Newfoundland at
Suvla, Helles and Anzac, and those of Australians at Helles. |
| Historical Information: | Almost 1,400 of the names are officers and men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, over 15,000 soldiers of the United Kingdom and Australia, and over 1,500 soldiers of the Indian Army, all of whom fell on the Peninsula. In addition there are over 1,000 names of soldiers of the United Kingdom and Australia who were lost at sea, and over 1,700 soldiers of the United Kingdom who died and were buried at sea after evacuation from the Peninsula. Also inscribed on the memorial are the names of all the ships that took part in the campaign and the titles of the army formations and units which served on the Peninsula. There are now almost 21,000 casualties of the 1914-18 war named on the Helles Memorial. There are five Memorials to the Missing erected on 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. |
In Memory of
5th Bn., Dorsetshire Regiment
who died aged 22 on Wednesday, 18th August 1915.
Private GRAY was the son of Isaac John Gray, of 444, Thornford, Sherborne,
Dorset.
Remembered with honour
HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey
