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Live Reporting

Stephen Robb, Henrietta McMicking, Claire Bates and Jastinder Khera

All times stated are UK

  1. 'Hold in our heart the fallen'

    Memorial service at Cape Helles

    That's all for this live page coverage of day one of the Gallipoli campaign centenary events. Friday's commemorations are also wrapped up in this report, and we will be back on Saturday to cover Anzac Day and Turkish memorial services.

    We leave you with the words of the Rev Dr David Coulter, Chaplain General to Her Majesty's Land Forces, who opened the ceremony at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Helles Memorial:

    "We recall the courage of those who fought and died, and we give thanks for the freedom wrought by their sacrifice.

    "We pray for our respective countries represented here today, asking that we may hold in our heart the fallen in whose footsteps we stand, and that we may be faithful to their legacy."

  2. Get Involved

    Email talkingpoint@bbc.co.uk

    Claude Kidman

    Denice Spratt emails: This is a photo of my great uncle, Claude Kidman, who was part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

    He served in Egypt and Gallipoli and then in France where he was awarded the military medal and bar for bravery in the field.

    He was a sergeant in the Medical Corps, in the Mounted Field Ambulance serving from 1914 to 1918.

    My great aunt Elsie Donald - later Kidman - served from 1915 to 1918 first as a staff nurse with the Medical Corps and then later as a sister. She was at Egypt and France and also on the hospital ships.

    We Kiwis are proud of the men and women who fought for us in the First World War and all other wars and for us the 25th of April is a very emotive day and we honour all who served by attendance at the Dawn Parade.

  3. Morto Bay service

    Clarence House

    tweets: The Prince of Wales and Prince Harry attend the French service at Morto Bay #Gallipoli100

    Princes at French memorial service at Morto Bay
  4. BBC iWonder: Exploring Gallipoli

    Morto Bay

    A French field kitchen on the Gallipoli peninsula
    Image caption: A French field kitchen on the Gallipoli peninsula

    The French cemetery is at Morto Bay. The French force, mostly Senegalese, was responsible for a section of the Allied line that ran about a kilometre (0.6 miles) north of the Turkish Martyrs memorial.

    Morto Bay itself was far behind the front line but was open to Turkish shelling across the Straits.

    "Wounded everywhere! The killed lay in confused heaps which increased as you advanced." - French medical officer Dr Subin, based at Morto Bay, writing later.

  5. BBC iWonder: Exploring Gallipoli

    Tragedy at V beach

    A view of V beach from the ship River Clyde, which was run aground as part of the landing
    Image caption: A view of V beach from the ship River Clyde, which was run aground as part of the landing

    A century ago tomorrow, soldiers from the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, the Royal Munster Fusiliers and Royal Hampshire Regiment landed at V beach at Cape Helles.

    The beach was heavily fortified. As the soldiers made for land, Turkish machine gunners opened fire and the sea ran red with blood.

    Of the 700 Dubliners landing, 300 were killed and many of the rest were wounded. A British naval bombardment failed to reduce Turkish fire and a later landing attempt by the Munsters suffered 70% casualties.

    The British forces eventually established a toehold on the beach.

  6. Ship's Company of HMS Bulwark

    Royal Navy

    tweets: Royal Navy Guard drawn from the Ship's Company of #HMSBulwark for commemorations at Cape #Helles #Gallipoli100

    Royal Navy Guard from HMS Bulwark
  7. BBC iWonder: Exploring Gallipoli

    Unwinding at war

    Troops in the sea at Cape Helles
    Image caption: Troops in the sea at Cape Helles

    Swimming in the sea offered a rare chance for Allied soldiers to enjoy themselves. Some braved the waves during the day, while others waited for nightfall to avoid the threat of Turkish artillery.

    "We had a glorious swim after dusk. The Turk guns seldom fire after dark … the beach is just crowded — all men though."

    Diary of Sergeant Cyril Lawrence, 2nd Field Company of Australian Engineers, June 1915

  8. BBC iWonder: Exploring Gallipoli

    An island hospital

    A convalescent camp in Malta
    Image caption: A convalescent camp in Malta

    Almost 58,000 sick and wounded soldiers were transported from Gallipoli to Malta, which became an island hospital for Allied troops. Malta was known as the "nurse of the Mediterranean", with 27 hospitals and more than 3,000 medical staff.

  9. Irish president honours dead

    Princes Charles and Harry, Presidents Erdogan & Higgins

    The President of Ireland, Michael Higgins, is also attending the Commonwealth and Ireland Service at Cape Helles.

    The Royal Dublin Fusiliers and the Royal Munster Fusiliers were amongst the regiments who landed on V beach on 25 April 1915.

  10. Shadows on the wall

    The shadows of Prince Charles and Prince Harry at the Cape Helles memorial

    From a day offering much striking imagery, this picture captures the shadows of Prince Charles and Prince Harry at the Cape Helles memorial ahead of the Commonwealth and Ireland service there.

  11. BBC iWonder: Exploring Gallipoli

    How the Allies communicated

    A signal tent at divisional headquarters in Gallipoli
    Image caption: A signal tent at divisional headquarters in Gallipoli

    Communications were rudimentary at Gallipoli. Many signal lamps were lost during the landings and semaphore flags were impractical under Turkish fire.

    Telegraph lines and runners were the most common method of communication. Signallers could send Morse code messages at 40 words per minute.

  12. Post update

    Fergal Keane

    BBC foreign correspondent

    tweets: #Gallipoli100 Prince Harry reads from AP Herbert: tomorrow we must stagger up a hill/to man a trench/to live among the lice

  13. 'Fears would be realised'

    Prince Charles addresses Cape Helles service

    From Prince Charles's address at the service: "The countless letters and diaries from Gallipoli remind us all too powerfully and vividly that the battles on this peninsula were fought and endured largely by ordinary people called upon to do extraordinary tasks.

    "I'm always struck by the accounts of departing soldiers that often speak of smiles, cheers and waving caps, when we can only think that deeper down there lurked dark and foreboding fears that would be realised all too often and all too soon."

  14. BBC iWonder: Exploring Gallipoli

    Bringing in the big guns

    A British 60-pounder heavy field gun in action on a cliff top at Helles Bay, Gallipoli
    Image caption: A British 60-pounder heavy field gun in action on a cliff top at Helles Bay, Gallipoli

    The Allied landings were hampered because the naval guns on their old warships were designed to hit other vessels and weren't very effective against Turkish land targets.

    Ground artillery was also unreliable. Barrages let off before soldiers went over the trenches would often end early due to fears of inaccuracy. This gave the Turkish troops time to regroup and led to the slaughter of hundreds of Australian light horsemen at the Nek.

  15. Guns and silence

    Royal Navy

    tweets: #HMSBulwark fires a gun salute to begin and end a minute of silence to remember the fallen. #Gallipoli100

    HMS Bulwark at sea from Cape Helles
  16. Laying of wreaths

    The Prince of Wales lays the first wreath at the Commonwealth Memorial Service followed by Turkey's President Erdogan to commemorate the Ottoman losses.

  17. Last Post

    Last Post is played at Cape Helles memorial service.

  18. Gathering at Cape Helles

    Royal Navy

    tweets: The Commonwealth and Ireland Memorial Service is now taking place at Cape #Helles. #Gallipoli100

    Cape Helles service
  19. Royal reading

    Princes Harry and Charles at Cape Helles

    Prince Charles was among those to deliver a reading at the memorial service at Cape Helles.

  20. 'All who served'

    Gallipoli memorial

    At the service, Air Chief Marshal Sir Joe French says: "The monument around which we gather together today honours all who served."

  21. Commonwealth and Ireland service

    Prince Harry at Cape Helles

    The focus is now at the Cape Helles memorial for the Commonwealth and Ireland service.

  22. 700 lost on first day

    Fusiliers join Gallipoli commemorations

    Members of the British army's 5th Fusiliers walk past the names of Commonwealth soldiers killed during the Gallipoli campaign.

    @JohnMTinsleytweets: Today we remember Gallipoli x and especially the Lancashire Fusiliers who lost 700 men on the first morning and won 6 Victoria Crosses.

  23. In pictures

    Soldiers march through a sea of poppies during a street parade to commemorate Anzac Day in Wellington, New Zealand
    Image caption: In the New Zealand capital Wellington, soldiers took part in a street parade ahead of 25 April, which is marked as Anzac Day

    For more images from today's ceremonies in Gallipoli, and events in Australia and New Zealand, click here for our picture gallery.

  24. Get Involved

    Email talkingpoint@bbc.co.uk

    Mrs M, Hornsby, Australia, emails: We are British and moved to Australia seven years ago. Our children are heavily involved in the ANZAC 'week' with school.

    It is amazing how much knowledge my 8, 7 and 5 year olds have absorbed. They are fascinated by the stories and are very excited to go to the dawn service tomorrow. I wouldn't usually take my little ones to an early event, but there is no stopping them!

    They honour the men and woman that fought and continue to fight today. It is wonderful to see such respect from the young children. We will never forget in this household.

  25. World War One dress

    Mounted Turkish gendarmes dressed as World War One Ottoman Turkish soldiers

    Mounted Turkish gendarmes dressed as World War One Ottoman soldiers for the 100th anniversary commemorations.

  26. Get Involved

    Email talkingpoint@bbc.co.uk

    Mark Jones went out to the region in 2008 while he was serving in the Army. He went across to Gallipoli to do a battlefield tour, they went off the beaten track .

    This photo was taken from the top of a bridge:

    View of Gallipoli beaches from a bridge
  27. BBC iWonder: Exploring Gallipoli

    Victoria Crosses before breakfast

    Indian troops on W beach as stores are being unloaded
    Image caption: Indian troops on W beach as stores are being unloaded

    The British landings at X and Y beaches at Cape Helles were lightly opposed, but the terrain and lack of co-ordination meant they didn't advance far inland.

    At W beach the Lancashire Fusiliers fought a fierce action against Turkish machine gunners and submerged barbed wire, winning the beach at the cost of "six Victoria Crosses before breakfast".

  28. Get Involved

    Email talkingpoint@bbc.co.uk

    James Abbott from North Bay in Canada has written in: My grandfather left the Ottawa Valley to join the Royal Naval Air Service.

    He flew a seaplane during the Gallipoli campaign and was shot down and crashed in the water.

    He survived, but was shot at from land. So he filled his flight suit with whatever he could and threw it on one of the wings, hoping to draw their fire away.

    A destroyer rescued him later and that was the end of his war.

  29. Get Involved

    Email talkingpoint@bbc.co.uk

    Paul Murphy emails: My grandfather - born in Dublin - served with the Dublin Fusiliers and was on board the SS River Clyde on 25.4.15.

    He was wounded although I do not know whether this happened at the landing or later in the campaign.

    He rarely spoke of his experience there except to say how brave the Turks were.

    His opinion of Winston Churchill is better left unsaid.

  30. Get Involved

    Email talkingpoint@bbc.co.uk

    Janette Steel, from Dingwall, in the Highlands, writes: My grandfather, Donald Allan, was presumed dead on 12th July 1915, his third wedding anniversary.

    He left a wife, two children and a third on the way. His death affected my family because my grandmother took his death so badly.

    He had been a regular soldier, serving in India and South Africa but came out of the army in 1908. He said goodbye to Granny at Bridge of Allan.

    I hope to go to Hamilton South church in July to lay a poppy cross at the war memorial inside the vestibule there.

  31. BBC iWonder: Explore Gallipoli

    Landing at Cape Helles

    British reserve troops awaiting orders to move forward at Cape Helles
    Image caption: British reserve troops awaiting orders to move forward at Cape Helles

    The main Allied landing at Gallipoli was at Cape Helles, with a smaller Anzac force landing further north on Z beach, later called Anzac Cove.

    On 25 April, 1915, some 18,000 British forces landed at five beaches around the cape - 3,000 troops at Y beach and the rest at W, X, V and S beaches. Their objective for the first day was to secure a ridge about a mile inland called Achi Baba.

    Around 3,000 French troops landed at Kum Kale across the Dardanelles on the Asiatic shore. This was a feint designed to confuse the enemy.

  32. Ceremony speeches

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prince Charles gave speeches at the ceremony at the Abide monument.

    Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Britain's Prince Charles talk before the ceremony
  33. BBC iWonder: Exploring Gallipoli

    War horses

    Horses pull an ambulance wagon in Gully Ravine, November 1915
    Image caption: Horses pull an ambulance wagon in Gully Ravine, November 1915

    Horses, mules and donkeys were taken by the Allies to Gallipoli. However, the latter two coped better with the shortage of water and steep terrain. The animals played a vital role, transporting ammunition forwards and carrying back injured men to the beaches.

  34. Live Coverage

    To watch the ceremony, click the Live Coverage tab at the top of this page.

  35. BBC iWonder: Exploring Gallipoli

    Weapons

    Allied troops prepare for an attack on Krithia in June 1915
    Image caption: Allied troops prepare for an attack on Krithia in June 1915

    The main weapon for Allied soldiers on the Gallipoli peninsula was the infantryman's rifle, backed up with improvised "jam-tin" bombs. Machine guns were in short supply and were less effective advancing up hills.

  36. Tourist stalls

    Claire Gibson

    BBC News

    tweets: Turkish tourist stalls set up in anticipation at Helles Memorial ahead of the #Gallipoli100 ceremony.

    Tourist stalls
  37. BBC iWonder: Exploring Gallipoli

    Remembering the Turkish sacrifice

    Members of the Red Crescent evacuate wounded soldiers in August 1915
    Image caption: Members of the Red Crescent evacuate wounded soldiers in August 1915

    The Turkish Martyrs' Monument at Abide commemorates the sacrifice of the 86,000 Turkish soldiers who fought and died during the Gallipoli campaign.

    The tens of thousands of Turks wounded during the campaign were treated by the Ottoman Red Crescent Organisation, which worked alongside army medical units. The Red Crescent relied heavily on public donations.

    The monument took six years to build and was officially opened in 1960.

  38. 'Message of peace'

    "I think Canakkale is a very important place from which to give a message of peace to the whole world," Mr Erdogan says.

  39. Post update

    Lucy Hockings, BBC News

    tweets: Turkish cavalry, in the dress of 100 years ago. #Gallipoli100

    Turkish cavalry, in the dress of 1915
  40. 'Lest we forget'

    Claire Gibson

    BBC News

    tweets: Lest We Forget. New plaque at the entrance to Helles Memorial to mark #Gallipoli100

    Helles Memorial plaque
  41. 'Striking reminder'

    "The battle of Gallipoli is a striking reminder that the Great War was a world war," Prince Charles says, adding we should "remember with shame and profound regret" the persistence of brutal conflict and intolerance across the world.

  42. President speaks

    Turkey's President Erdogan is now addressing the assembled guests.

  43. Spit and polish

    Claire Gibson

    BBC News

    tweets: Last minute spit and polish at Helles Memorial ahead of this afternoon's centenary service #Gallipoli100

    Servicemen shine their shoes ahead of Cape Helles service
  44. 'Heroism and humanity'

    Prince Charles begins his address to the service. "We must remember the heroism and the humanity of those on both sides," he says.

  45. Christian prayer

    A Christian prayer has now also been offered at the service.

  46. Offering a prayer

    Turkey's head of religious affairs, Mehmet Gormez, is now offering a prayer in Turkish.

  47. Verses from the Koran

    A recitation of verses from the Koran followed the laying of the wreaths.

  48. Post update

    Kate Benyon-Tinker

    BBC Middle East producer

    tweets: Turkish President Erdogan arrives at International Service at Abide. Nearly 40 countries represented #Gallipoli100

    President Erdogan arriving for the ceremony
  49. BBC iWonder: Exploring Gallipoli

    Propaganda campaign

    An Australian recruiting poster for World War One
    Image caption: An Australian recruiting poster for World War One

    Gallipoli stretched the Allies' already limited resources. It became the focus for recruitment in Australia and New Zealand, because it was their first World War One campaign.

    Propaganda was used to idealise Anzac soldiers, and their achievements at Gallipoli, though impressive, were inflated while disasters were minimised.

  50. BBC iWonder: Exploring Gallipoli

    Who fought and died?

    BBC iWonder infographic

    Soldiers from Britain, Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand, France and the French African colonies all took part. They were opposed by Turkish troops under the command of both Turkish and German officers.

  51. Families remember

    Private Eric Smith, Ailsa Siemens' father

    Families from all over the world are gathering to remember those who served at Gallipoli.

    More than 30,000 Australians visit the Turkish peninsula every year.

    Pte Eric Smith served in the 3rd Scottish Horse, part of the 2nd Mounted Division, and landed at Suvla Bay in late August 1915.

    His daughter Ailsa Siemens describes how they were 250 strong when they went out, but on their return they numbered just 18. Eric was one of the lucky survivors.

    William Percival sitting in the middle, with his son Arthur just in front of him

    Jayne Lamb's great-grandfather, William Percival, died at Gallipoli. In this photograph he is sitting in the middle with his son Arthur seated in front of him.

    You can read more recollections from families here.

  52. Landing at Gallipoli

    British descendants of Gallipoli troops approach the Turkish shore by landing craft

    After attending a reception on board HMS Bulwark in the Dardanelles strait, the group of British descendants were transported to shore by landing craft.

    British descendants of Gallipoli troops approach the Turkish shore by landing craft
  53. BBC iWonder: Exploring Gallipoli

    The Turkish point of view

    Turkish troops on parade in Gallipoli
    Image caption: Turkish troops on parade in Gallipoli

    Modern Turkey called the Gallipoli campaign Çanakkale Boğazi - the Battle of Canakkale. They saw it as a defining moment in achieving Turkish independence from European rivals and eventually from the Ottoman rulers.

    Britain and France had promised the capital Constantinople and the Straits of the Bosphorus to the Russians if they defeated the Ottoman Turks.

  54. 'Hard to imagine'

    Mark Lowen

    BBC Turkey correspondent

    Gallipoli peninsula

    With the sun glinting off the water and lush forests dotting the peninsula, it's hard to imagine the horror that engulfed Gallipoli a century ago. Over nine months, the beaches became bloodbaths as Allied forces attempted their failed invasion. The anniversary is being marked by several ceremonies to remember the thousands of victims.

    Prince Charles and Prince Harry started the day on HMS Bulwark, the Royal Navy's flagship. We were on board as they met veterans and descendants of the soldiers, hearing of heroism and of the intense fighting in 1915, when many troops were gunned down even before their boats landed on the beaches.

    Joining the royals at the ceremonies are the prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand, for whose countries Gallipoli marked the birth of their national consciousness, fighting in major warfare for the first time as independent nations. Leading the ceremonies: the president of Turkey, which emerged from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire under Ataturk, a brilliant Gallipoli commander. It's a campaign remembered for different reasons by all sides.

  55. British descendants attend events

    Roger Boissier

    Princes Charles and Harry, joined by First Sea Lord Sir George Zambellas, have met descendants of those who served in the doomed campaign.

    Roger Boissier, 84, from Armathwaite near Carlisle, was honouring his father Ernest, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross while a Lt Cdr at Gallipoli.

    Sir James Dunbar-Nasmith, 88, from Findhorn, Moray, said his father Martin - who won a VC commanding submarine raids through the Dardanelles Strait - did not talk to him about his exploits, so he learned about his war record from school friends.

    Lyn Edmonds's grandfather Pte Benjamin Hurt was a Royal Dublin Fusilier who fought at Gallipoli.

    She has tried to increase knowledge of Britain and Ireland's contribution to the campaign: "I still think we have a long way to go to dispel a lot of the myths".

  56. Eve of Anzac Day

    Tony Abbott

    Prime Minister of Australia

    tweets: Thank you to the Capt & crew of HMAS ANZAC for hosting me on the eve of #ANZACDAY #ANZAC100

    Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott with personnel of HMAS Anzac
  57. 'Etched in our memories'

    John Key

    New Zealand prime minister

    tweets: At Chunuk Bair, an emotional site that is permanently etched in our memories.

    New Zealand Prime Minister John Key visits Gallipoli sites
  58. Harry Biles's diary

    Peter Biles on Victoria Derbyshire

    Former BBC foreign correspondent Peter Biles has been speaking to Victoria Derbyshire about his grandfather.

    One hundred years ago today, Harry Biles of the Royal Navy Division was heading for Gallipoli on the Royal George. You can read his daily diary here.

    The day before he had attended the funeral of his friend, the poet Rupert Brooke - who reportedly died of septic pneumonia - on the Greek island of Skyros.

    His diary entry for 24 April 1915 reads: "Sailed from Skyros at 5.30 am for landing at the Dardanelles. Under escort. Transports formed into 3 divisions... French Hospital Ship also accompanying.

    "Passed Soudan about 9.30 am. Weather bright but choppy."

    Harry Biles
  59. BBC iWonder: Exploring Gallipoli

    Why didn’t the Allied plan work?

    Troops at Anzac Cove
    Image caption: Troops at Anzac Cove

    The Allies had failed to gather enough intelligence about the terrain and climate at Gallipoli, underestimated the Turkish forces and suffered from uninspired leadership.

    The Allied forces only managed to advance a few miles inland despite showing immense bravery and losing tens of thousands of men. Gallipoli was effectively a costly sideshow.

  60. Princes join commemorations

    Princes Harry and Charles attend a reception on HMS Bulwark

    The Prince of Wales and Prince Harry are representing the Commonwealth during two days of Gallipoli centenary events.

  61. BBC iWonder: Exploring Gallipoli

    Life in the trenches

    Two soldiers with boxes of corned beef, known as bully beef
    Image caption: Two soldiers with boxes of corned beef, known as bully beef

    There was little variety in the food rations. Corned beef and dry biscuits were a staple, supplemented with bacon, cheese and jam. Fresh water had to be shipped in from Egypt and was strictly rationed during the scorching summer.

    Swarms of flies carried infection from latrines and unburied corpses to food in mess tins. Disease and dysentery were rife among soldiers.

  62. Messages to the fallen

    Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott at Shrapnel Valley Cemetery

    Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott reads messages left at Shrapnel Valley Cemetery for Anzac fatalities in the Gallipoli campaign.

  63. BBC iWonder: Exploring Gallipoli

    What was Gallipoli like?

    Australian Sergeant Major Dowsett rests in a dug-out
    Image caption: Australian Sgt Maj Dowsett rests in a dug-out

    Allied forces were unable to advance far inland due to the difficult terrain and Turkish resistance. Instead, they dug trenches in to the cliffs.

    Men "lived as completely enclosed as in the lanes of a city, having their habitations along them in niches undercut in the wall, sometimes curtained by hanging blankets or waterproof sheets", wrote war correspondent Charles Bean in his book, The Story of Anzac.

  64. 'Fitting tribute'

    Email talkingpoint@bbc.co.uk

    Connie Toth in Wellington, New Zealand, emails: A very symbolic piece of art, and a fitting tribute for the 100 year Gallipoli commemorations.

    The image is taken on 24.4.15 from the diving platform behind the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongerewa.

    Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongerewa
  65. Princes meet Gallipoli descendants

    Princes Charles and Harry meet descendants of Gallipoli troops

    The Prince of Wales and Prince Harry have met relatives of veterans of the Gallipoli campaign on the flight deck of the Royal Navy's flagship HMS Bulwark in Turkey's Dardanelles straits.

    The royal party met 15 descendants of veterans who had been selected to join the commemorations.

    Ben Goddard, 37, was there to honour his great-grandfather Pte Alfred William Goddard, of 2nd Hampshire Regiment, who landed on V Beach on 25 April 1915. He was hit on the elbow by shrapnel 11 days later, but survived the hostilities.

    Mr Goddard, from Ropley, Hampshire, knew nothing about the Gallipoli campaign until he researched his family tree and found out about his ancestor's war record.

    "So many men fought and did not come back. That should be remembered, whether the campaign was a disaster or not," he said.

  66. Post update

    Mark Lowen

    BBC Turkey correspondent

    tweets: #PrinceCharles stopping on #HMSBulwark, meeting descendants of #Gallipoli before giving readings at memorials

    Prince Charles meets descendants of Gallipoli troops
  67. 'A sacred place'

    Lucy Hockings

    BBC News correspondent

    tweets: NZ PM @johnkeypm lays a poppy on the grave of a 17yr old soldier at Chunuk Bair. "A sacred place" #Gallipoli100

    New Zealand Prime Minister
  68. BBC iWonder: Exploring Gallipoli

    Find your own war story

    Some of the common WW1 items you may have
    Image caption: Some of the common WW1 items you may have

    Nearly one million men from across the globe fought at Gallipoli, while 17 million took part in World War One as a whole.

    Photos, cap badges and war diaries can all help you to build up a picture of what your own relations did during the conflict.

  69. Stories of death and heroism

    Mark Lowen

    BBC Turkey correspondent

    tweets: #PrinceHarry meeting descendants of #Gallipoli on #HMSBulwark. Hearing stories of death and heroism

    Prince Harry meets descendants of Gallipoli troops
  70. Post update

    Phil Mackie

    BBC News correspondent

    tweets: Lyn Edmonds who will lay a wreath at Helles later at V beach & her grandfather Pte Benjamin Hurt #Gallipoli100

    Lyn Edmonds and her grandfather Pte Benjamin Hurt
  71. BBC iWonder: Exploring Gallipoli

    What led to the Gallipoli Campaign?

    Winston Churchill in 1915
    Image caption: Winston Churchill in 1915

    In World War One, the Allies had reached a stalemate on the Western Front by September 1914. A month later the Ottoman Empire formally joined the Central Powers, led by Germany, when it bombed Russian seaports.

    Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, planned to knock the Ottomans out of the war by attacking the capital Constantinople.

    The navy first had to force open a route along the Dardanelles by the Gallipoli peninsula. This was a total disaster. A larger land assault was devised in its stead.

  72. Post update

    John Key

    New Zealand prime minister

    tweets: Breathtaking to see Quinn's Post up close, a phenomenal story of Anzac and Turkish bravery.

    New Zealand prime minister John Key at Gallipoli events
  73. Post update

    Kensington Palace

    tweets: Prince Harry is meeting descendants of those who fought in the #Gallipoli campaign on HMS Bulwark

    Harry meeting Gallipoli descendants
  74. Post update

    Mark Lowen

    BBC Turkey correspondent

    tweets: Nearby, #Ataturk's boat, today used by #Turkey's President #Erdogan to receive foreign dignitaries #Gallipoli100

    Ship carrying Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan
  75. Post update

    Clarence House

    tweets: The Prince of Wales meets descendants of those who fought in the #Gallipoli campaign on HMS Bulwark

    Prince Charles aboard HMS Bulwark
  76. Anzac Day commemorations

    A seagull flies over a sea of poppies in Federation Square, Melbourne

    In Melbourne, 5,000 poppies have been laid in Federation Square as part of the commemorations.

    Gallipoli was the first campaign Australia and New Zealand fought as independent nations.

    Some 10,000 Anzacs - members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps - died, while 23,000 were injured, having a devastating impact on the male population of the fledgling nations.

    Anzac Day is widely marked each year in both countries on 25 April, the day the Allied troops landed on the Turkish peninsular.

  77. Post update

    Royal Navy

    @RoyalNavytweets: Lone Bugler from Royal Marines School of Music plays #LastPost to commemorate #Gallipoli100 youtu.be/xL_9HqjTpJA via @YouTube

  78. BBC iWonder: Exploring Gallipoli

    What was Gallipoli?

    Australian troops charge at Gallipoli
    Image caption: Australian troops charge at Gallipoli

    The Gallipoli campaign was an ambitious military operation in World War One to knock the Ottoman Empire out of the war.

    The British and French-led force planned to seize the capital Constantinople (now Istanbul) by launching a land and sea assault from the Turkish Gallipoli peninsula.

    They planned to advance 200 miles north east to the capital but only succeeded in establishing a tiny foothold at Gallipoli.

  79. On deployment soon

    Mark Lowen

    BBC Turkey correspondent

    tweets: #HMSBulwark in sight, here for #Gallipoli100, soon sent off for migrant rescue operations in Mediterranean

    HMS Bulwark
  80. What's happening today?

    Prince Charles and Prince Harry are among world leaders due to attend services at the site of the battle at Cape Helles, on the Turkish peninsula.

    Leaders from Australia, New Zealand and Turkey will also attend events.

    Warships from what were the Allied nations will fire a salute in honour of the sailors who died, while Prince Charles and Prince Harry will lay wreaths, before meeting descendants of veterans on board the Royal Navy's flagship, HMS Bulwark.

  81. World perspectives

    Events are being held over two days by the various countries who were involved in the bloody Gallipoli campaign 100 years ago. A comparison of how it is remembered in those countries, and what it means for their citizens today, is offered by a number of BBC correspondents here.

  82. Gallipoli in numbers

    About 131,000 died in the campaign - which began in 1915 - including 86,000 Turkish troops and 45,000 Allied forces.

    Gallipoli casualty graphic
  83. Post update

    Welcome to the BBC News's live page marking the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign.

    A series of events will be taking place on the Turkish peninsula on Friday and Saturday to commemorate one of the bloodiest campaigns of World War One.