LONDON, April 25 ― Prince Harry laid a wreath to commemorate the 101st anniversary of the battle of Gallipoli today.

The wreath laying took place after Prince Harry attended the ANZAC Day dawn service to remember those who lost their lives on the battlefields of the Western Front during World War I.

Prince Harry, Australian High Commissioner Alexander Downer and New Zealand High Commissioner Sir Lockwood Smith, laid wreaths next to the monument at the Wellington Arch.

The ceremony marked the 101st anniversary of the day thousands of soldiers struggled ashore on a narrow beach at Gallipoli, Turkey during an ill-fated campaign that would eventually claim more than 130,000 lives.

The battle there was one of the bloodiest of the war, as thousands of soldiers from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) were killed by machine gun and artillery fire as they came ashore.

Harry will later attend a parade at the Cenotaph, where he will lay a wreath on behalf of the Queen, and a service of commemoration and thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey. ― Reuters