A1 and in the Pink – 100 years on

Comment

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.

Comment

I suspect GCR is referring to to 3rd Marquis of Bute who died in 1900 and whose heart is buried in Jerusalem.

Comment.

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