In Memory of
Claude Frank Starling
Private
1227
5th Bn., Essex Regiment
who died on
Thursday, 27th August 1915. Age 22.
Additional Information:
Son of the late Henry and Elizabeth Starling.
Commemorative Information
Memorial:
HELLES MEMORIAL,
Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
Panel 144 to 150 or 229 to 233
Location:
The Helles Memorial stands on the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula. It takes the form of an
obelisk
over 30 metres high that can be seen by ships passing through the Dardanelles.
The memorial bears over 20,000 names and is both the memorial to the Gallipoli campaign
and to
men who fell in that campaign and whose graves are unknown or who were lost or buried at
sea in
Gallipoli waters (other than Australian and New Zealanders who are named on other
memorials).
Also inscribed on the memorial are the names of all the ships that took part in the
campaign and
the titles of the army formations and units which served on the Peninsula.
Historical Information:
The Helles Memorial bears over 20,000 names and is both the memorial to the Gallipoli
campaign
and to men who fell in that campaign and whose graves are unknown or who were lost or
buried at
sea in Gallipoli waters (other than Australian and New Zealanders who are named on other
memorials). Inscribed on it are the names of all the ships that took part in the campaign
and the
titles of the army formations and units which served on the Peninsula.
Copyright The Commonwealth War Graves Commission