Skew Bridge Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

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Skew Bridge Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery containing the remains of allied troops who died during the Battle of Gallipoli. It is 2 kilometres northeast of Seddülbahir on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

The cemetery is named after a skewed wooden bridge which crossed the Dere, a stream about 45 metres west of the cemetery and just behind the Allied lines. The cemetery was created during the fighting of 6-8 May 1915 and used until the Allied evacuation in January 1916. It originally contained only 53 graves, but was enlarged by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission following the war as they moved graves from the surrounding area into it and now contains 607 graves.