Inscriptions & Epitaphs of Gallipoli Cemeteries

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Inscriptions & Epitaphs of Gallipoli Cemeteries	Sub category index

This is NOT a complete list of all Australian and New Zealand soldiers who died at Gallipoli. This is a complete list of those who have a known, marked grave which is located in one of the cemeteries on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
The headstones in the Graveyards of Gallipoli are not the tall white marble type seen in France and Belgium. Rather they are low set, heavy blocks or pedestals. This is done as a protection against adverse weather conditions. For the same reason the tall, upright Cross of Sacrifice used in Europe is replaced with the walled memorial that bears the Memorial Cross.

Memorial Cross
	The walled Memorial Cross (see left) replaced the free-standing Cross of Sacrifice that is seen in the War Cemeteries of France and Flanders.

There are two types of stones.
- The standard headstone (as seen at the top of the page) that are used to mark a grave where the soldier has been identified.
- A "Special Memorial" stone that is erected in the cemetery where a soldier is known to be buried but where his precise grave site is not known. (See 5 side by side in the image of The Nek Cemetery below).
Where a soldier is not identified, no stone is erected (unlike European CWGC cemeteries where each grave is marked even if the soldier is not known).
- This leaves large sections of grassed areas. ( See photo of the Nek Cemetery below).
Thousands of men are memorialized on the marble panels of Lone Pine Memorial, Chunuk Bair Memorial and others. These are the men with no known grave. (See below).

Epitaphs: Inscriptions

The next of kin of Australian servicemen were offered, by the Australian Government, a chance to select an epitaph of their own choosing (within certain size limits; That the epitaph should only be four lines long and have no more than a set number of characters). This was not offered to the families of New Zealand servicemen by their Government, so NZ headstones do not bear an epitaph. This is true of ALL Commonwealth War Graves Commission NZ headstones all around the world. The standard inscription appears on Special Memorials erected for NZ servicemen.

On Special Memorials the epitaph is standard; "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out".

Unit badges

Unlike CWGC cemeteries in Europe the Gallipoli headstones do not bear a Unit badge. This was a matter of space. The headstones are just not big enough to bear a badge. A simple cross is added.

Memorial Panels

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Graveyards of Gallipoli: a Tribute to the Men of all the Nations that took part in the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915