A ceremony to mark 100 years since the start of the Gallipoli campaign is set to take place next week.

Royal British Legion members, councillors, and deputy lieutenant Ann Cable, MBE, will be leading the ceremony and planting an almond tree at the memorial garden, in Broomfield Park, Palmers Green, on Sunday, April 26.

Between April 1915 and January 1916 troops from Britain and France battled against Ottoman soldiers in a bid to capture the empire’s capital, Constantinople, now known as Istanbul.

More than 100,000 are thought to have died in the battle which resulted in a loss for the allies.

Enfield Council leader Cllr Doug Taylor said: “Gallipoli is a stark reminder of the horrors of war. Over 100,000 people lost their lives in the savage fighting at Gallipoli which started on the 25 April in 1915 and continued until January in 1916.

“It was not only a military failure – but it was also a huge price paid by the families whose loved ones died or were injured. Remembrance is important but it is my hope that in remembering we also learn.”