There is one officer included (and there will soon be another) who died before he reached Gallipoli. How can he be classed as a Gallipoli casualty?
It is not my intention to ‘screen’ soldiers as if for some kind of exclusive ‘club’ where this or that condition must have been stringently met before I will include names on the database, nor do I need to have incontrovertible proof that death was associated with the Gallipoli campaign before names will be added. A mention in a newspaper linking death with Gallipoli is enough, as in the case of Lieut. Colonel R. E. Courtney. As far as I’m concerned, if they went, and died, and there is an obvious connection with Gallipoli, they will be included. After all, I’m not applying for pensions or medals; I’m just trying to see that they are recognised for what they went through. One way or another, that place killed them.
