ORIGINAL maps and records from an ill-fated wartime campaign will go on show at a museum this month.

The collection, from The King's Own Royal Border Regiment Museum, will go on display at the Durham Light Infantry Museum and Durham Art Gallery on Saturday, September 21.

It will be made available to visitors at the end of a talk by the Carlisle Museum's curator Stuart Eastwood, at 2pm, which will tell the story of the border regiment at Gallipoli.

Mr Eastwood said: "When the First World War began, the 1st Battalion, the Border Regiment was serving in Burma.

"These men were all regulars - professional soldiers - and most had been serving together for years.

"Within a few weeks of landing back home, they were sent out to Gallipoli to take part in the daring but ultimately disastrous campaign to knock Turkey out of the war. The battalion was devastated in the fighting.

"At the same time, another border battalion made up of Kitchener volunteers was also sent out again and suffered terrible casualties.

"I'll tell the story of what happened to these two battalions and explain how they left behind more than 800 dead when they were finally ordered to abandon Gallipoli."

Tickets for the talk cost £3.50, £2.50 for concessions and £1.50 for season ticket holders.

They are available in advance by post with a stamped addressed envelope or at the door.

Mr Eastwood is writing a book about the Border Regiment at Gallipoli, to be published in time for Christmas.