MUSEUM visitors were given insight into an ill-fated wartime campaign.

The Durham Light Infantry Museum and Durham Art Gallery played host to a talk and exhibition on the Border Regiment at Gallipoli, on Saturday.

They were led by Stuart Eastwood, curator of The King's Own Royal Border Regiment Museum in Car-lisle, who brought with him original records and maps from the First World War campaign.

Mr Eastwood explained how the regiment of professional soldiers was sent to Gallipoli to attempt to knock Turkey out of the war.

Both the Border Regiment and another border battalion, made up of Kitchener volunteers - which was also sent on the mission - were devastated in the fighting.

At the end of the talk, visitors had the chance to look at the records brought by Mr Eastwood, who is writing a book on the Border Regiment at Gallipoli.