Helles Memorial to the Missing
CWGC cemetery in Turkey
Facts
11 properties- Instance of
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained memorial
- Inception
- 1924[6]
- Located in
- Seddülbahir
- Coordinate location
- 🗺️ 40.046°, 26.179°[7]
- Architect
- John James Burnet[4]
- Commemorates
- World War I[5]
- Coordinates
- 🗺️ 40.046°, 26.179°
- Inscription
- The Helles Memorial is both the memorial to the Gallipoli Campaign and to the 20,763 men who fell in that campaign and whose graves are unknown or who were lost or buried at sea in Gallipoli waters. Inscribed on it are the names of all the ships that took part in the campaign and the titles of the army formations and units which served on the Peninsula together with the names of 18,985 sailors, soldiers and marines from the United Kingdom, 248 soldiers from Australia, and 1,530 soldiers of the Indian Army.[8]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity
- Seddülbahir[2]
- Quantity buried
- 20906.0[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Helles Memorial to the Missing
he אנדרטת הליס
hu Hellész-foki emlékmű
ja ヘレス記念碑
tr Cape Helles Anıtı
🔖 Identifiers · 7
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ephesus 06 28 09 0419.jpg ↗
- CWGC burial ground ID
- 76100
- Find a Grave cemetery ID
- 2133479
- Freebase ID
- /m/0wxvv5t
- OpenStreetMap node ID
- 2268371111
- OpenStreetMap way ID
- 463289329
- WikiTree category or space
- Category: Helles Memorial, Marmara Region, Turkey
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Summary
Helles Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained memorial[1].