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)
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Rebecca Black
24 April 2025
Lt Col Doughty-Wylie was honoured with the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry, after his death.
A wreath and card which reads ‘Everlasting remembrance, Charles R’ is laid by the Princess Royal at Seddel-Bahr Military Grave in the Gallipoli Peninsula, on behalf of the King, Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Welsh, on the grave of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Doughty-Wylie VC (Yui Mok/PA)
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His grave on a hill in the Sedd-el-Bahr area is the only solitary British or Commonwealth war grave on the Gallipoli peninsula.
During a visit to Gallipoli this week with her husband Sir Timothy Laurence, Anne visited Lt Col Doughty-Wylie’s grave and laid a wreath on behalf of the King.
The wreath, comprised of Arbutus unedo, a tree native to the area, bore a note from the King which reads “Everlasting Remembrance. Charles R”.