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GCR took this medal, the Dardanelles Star, off a Turkish prisoner. He came to regret this later in life feeling that the Turk had probably earned his medal just as much as he had earned his.
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GCR took this medal, the Dardanelles Star, off a Turkish prisoner. He came to regret this later in life feeling that the Turk had probably earned his medal just as much as he had earned his.
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I suspect GCR is referring to to 3rd Marquis of Bute who died in 1900 and whose heart is buried in Jerusalem.
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The following is not the snapshot of St George’s mentioned but a probably contemporary image found on line.
https://oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6199r68m/?brand=oac4
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