Serkan Doğan

Serkan Doğan

19 years old, artist

Person, Tragedy, Turkey

1 memorial
George Drewry, VC

George Drewry, VC

Sailor. Born George Leslie Drewry. He was a midshipman in the Royal Naval Reserve and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 25th April 1915 at V Beach in the landing at Cape Helles, dur...

Person, Armed Forces, Scotland, Turkey

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Sidly Effendi

Sidly Effendi

Effendi, or Efendi, is merely a title of nobility and the name Sidly may well be just one spelling of the Turkish Ambassador's name. We can't identify him.

Person, Politics & Administration, Turkey

1 memorial
Sub-Lieutenant Edwin Percy Farrow

Sub-Lieutenant Edwin Percy Farrow

Edwin Percy Farrow was born on 5 April 1890 in Manchester, Lancashire, the second of the four children of Edwin Farrow (1856-1950) and Louisa Elizabeth Ann Farrow née Percy (1863-1950). His birth w...

Person, Armed Forces, Turkey

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
James Elroy Flecker

James Elroy Flecker

Poet and playwright. Born as Herman James Elroy Flecker in Lewisham. His first book of poems was published in 1907. He joined the consular service in 1908 and had postings in Constantinople and Bei...

Person, Literature, Poetry, Lebanon, Switzerland, Turkey

1 memorial
Bernard Cyril Freyberg, VC

Bernard Cyril Freyberg, VC

Soldier and administrator. Born Bernard Cyril Freyberg in Richmond, Surrey. He spent his early life in New Zealand, and at the outbreak of WWI enlisted in Britain and fought in Gallipoli and France...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, France, New Zealand, Turkey

War served, WW1
3 memorials
Armenian Genocide

Armenian Genocide

Inflicted by the Turkish government on the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire, 1915-18 and 1920-3, with one and a half million victims.  However it is a sensitive issue, with the numbers dis...

Event, Tragedy, Armenia, Turkey

1 memorial
Hasret Gültekin

Hasret Gültekin

23 years old, poet and artist

Person, Tragedy, Turkey

1 memorial
Murat Gündüz

Murat Gündüz

22 years old, artist

Person, Tragedy, Turkey

1 memorial
Gamze Gunöral

Gamze Gunöral

Gamze Gunöral was born on 4 June 1981 in Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey. She had only been in the UK for a few months as a student to learn English and was living with her aunt in Totteridge, north Lond...

Person, Tragedy, Turkey

3 memorials
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