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The Graveyards of Gallipoli; A Digger History Associate Site |
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A Tribute to the Men of all the Nations that took part in the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915 |
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Beach Cemetery, Anzac |
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Most photos: Eric Goossens |
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Beach Cemetery from behind, looking west over the Aegean. |
Photo: Eric Goossens |
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Beach Cemetery from the ocean side |
Photo: Eric Goossens |
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Looking down over the new (2005) road to Beach Cemetery |
2 photos above by Tim Kantar |
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The grave of Private John Simpson (Kirkpatrick), 3rd Field Ambulance 'the man with the donkey', at Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli. (Photograph left: Mike Bowers, The Fairfax Photo Library. Photo above, Eric Goossens) |
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2076 Rifleman H A Carlisle Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps |
Photo: Eric Goossens |
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Lt Colonel L F Clarke DSO 12 Bn AIF |
Photo: Eric Goossens |
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Lt Colonel G F Braund VD 2 Bn AIF (killed by an Australian sentry) |
Photo: Eric Goossens |
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| Visiting Information: | The cemetery is constructed on a very severe slope. The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200 |
| Location Information: | Beach Cemetery is situated on what was known as Hell Spit, at the southern point of Anzac Cove. The graves lie between the Kelia-Suvla road and the beach, and the Cross is on the east side of the road. |
| Historical Information: | The
eight month campaign in Gallipoli was fought by Commonwealth and French
forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the
deadlock of the Western Front in France and Belgium, and to open a
supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea. The
Allies landed on the peninsula on 25-26 April 1915; the 29th Division at
Cape Helles in the south and the Australian and New Zealand Corps north
of Gaba Tepe on the west coast, an area soon known as Anzac.
Beach Cemetery was used from the day of the landing at Anzac, almost until the evacuation. There are 391 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. Special memorials commemorate 11 casualties believed to be buried among them. 22 of the burials are unidentified. |
| No. of Identified Casualties: | 369 |
