Tehran War Cemetery

Tehran War Cemetery
Details
Established 1962
Location Tehran
Country Iran
Coordinates 35°46′35″N 51°26′19″E / 35.7765°N 51.4387°E / 35.7765; 51.4387Coordinates: 35°46′35″N 51°26′19″E / 35.7765°N 51.4387°E / 35.7765; 51.4387
Type Military Cemetery
Owned by Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Website Cemetery Details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Find a Grave Tehran War Cemetery

Tehran War Cemetery is a war cemetery located in Gholhak Garden in the Iranian city of Tehran and located within the British Embassy residential compound.[1][2] and is where over 500 British and Commonwealth soldiers who perished in the First and Second World Wars are buried.[1] The site includes the Tehran Memorial, dedicated to those who have no known grave or whose grave is unmaintained.[2][3]

The cemetery also has markers for those whom died in Persia without a grave as well as those whom died in Russia without graves.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Michael Theodoulou (22 November 2011). "Iran fines British embassy for 'environmental vandalism' in Tehran compound". The National. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Tehran War Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Tehran Memorial". Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Tehran War Cemetery at Find a Grave
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