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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rebecca Black

Anne visits grave of British officer honoured with VC for Gallipoli gallantry

The Princess Royal, president of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence at the grave in Sedd el Bahr of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Doughty-Wylie VC of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)

A British soldier honoured after his death for leading an exceptional attack during the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign has been recognised by the Princess Royal.

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Doughty-Wylie, of The Royal Welch Fusiliers, is buried where he was killed following a successful advance on the well-defended peninsula in north-west Turkey in April 1915 during the First World War.

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