"Captain Fitzgerald's assistant for looking after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_macaque%27s_in_Gibraltar" class="extiw" title="en:Barbary macaque's in Gibraltar">apes</a> is Gunner D R Carpenter of the Rose and Crown, Tottenham, who is well known on the Rock for his fondness for his ape charges. This image shows Gunner Carpenter checking a new arrival from Tangiers on the nominal role. The British Army authorities take an official interest in the welfare of the apes of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar" class="extiw" title="en:Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>, after the population was recently topped up at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill" class="extiw" title="en:Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a>'s request. Legend has it that if Gibraltar's apes ever leave the rock it will cease to be a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" class="extiw" title="en:British Overseas Territories">British colony</a>."
War Office official photographer
between 1939 and 1945 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1939-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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