V Beach Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

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V Beach
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Used for those deceased April 1915-January 1916
Established	1915
Location	near Seddülbahir, Turkey
Total burials	696
Burials by nation
Allied Powers: United Kingdom: 696
Burials by war
World War I: 696
Statistics source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission

V Beach Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery located near Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey.

The cemetery was brought into use shortly after the landing at Cape Helles at the end of April 1915 and its use ceased in May 1915. However 13 additional graves were moved into it in 1919 following the Armistice. As well as the 20 known graves, there are memorials to a further 196 soldiers and sailors who are known to be buried in the cemetery.

[edit] Notable graves

Amongst the graves is that of Captain Garth Walford who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross (along with Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Doughty-Wylie) for organising and leading an attack through Seddülbahir and the fort adjacent to the cemetery.

[edit] References

• V Beach Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved on 2007-07-23.
• V Beach Cemetery. Battlefields 14-18. Retrieved on 2007-07-23.