Walker's Ridge Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
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Walker's Ridge | |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
Used for those deceased Aug - Dec 1915 | |
Established | 1915 |
Location | |
Total burials | 92 |
Unknown burials |
12 |
Burials by nation | |
Allied Powers:
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Burials by war | |
World War I: 92 | |
Statistics source: Battlefields 14-18 |
Walker's Ridge Cemetery is a small Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery located near Suvla Bay in Turkey. It contains the remains of Allied soldiers killed during the Battle of Gallipoli.
It was constructed on a spur which was named by the occupying troops after the headquarters of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade, under the command of Brigadier-General Harold Walker, which was located there. The cemetery was formed during the occupation in 1915 and is divided into two plots 20 metres apart and originally separated by a trench.
[edit] References
- Walker's Ridge Cemetery. CWGC website. Retrieved on 2007-07-23.
- Walker's Ridge Cemetery. Battlefields 1914-1918. Retrieved on 2007-07-23.