Only the British. . . . . . . . . . . .

Originally posted by Tony Smith
You might be forgetting the Australian and New Zealand regard for Gallipoli, and although this wasn't our "cock-up" to begin with, it was far from a victory in any sense. The commemoration services at dawn each April 25th see thousands of Aussies and Kiwis fly a third of the way around the world to Turkey just to attend the ceremony.

Quite so Tony, but that wasn't the point.

Do the Aussies and Kiwis dress up in period gear, fly a third of the way round the world and re-enact the battle?

I think not.

I think they attend to pay their respects for their fallen and attend the ceremony.

This is not what I was referring to as a strange British trait.

R.