"Reinforcements For Gibraltar's Apes" Captain Fitzgerald's assistant for looking after the apes 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 Gibraltar, after the population was recently topped up at Winston Churchill's request. Legend has it that if Gibraltar's apes ever leave the rock it will cease to be a British colony.