Cemeteries & Memorials at Suvla

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Suvla (Turkish)

Green Hill Cemetery ( 382 identified, 2,472 unidentified, 117 special memorials). Green Hill, to the east of Suvla Bay was captured on 7 August but no further advance was made. The cemetery was made after the Armistice by bringing in burials from the battlefields, small burial grounds and Scimitar Hill burial ground which had 520 graves, mostly unidentified.

Lala Baba Cemetery (147 identified, 53 unidentified, 16 special memorials). Lala Baba is a low hill between Salt Lake and the southern side of Suvla Bay. It was stormed by 2 Yorkshire Regiments on the morning of 7th August. The cemetery was created after the Armistice from smaller burial grounds and single burials in the area.

Azmak Cemetery (334 identified, 684 unidentified, 56 special memorials). Created after the Armistice by combining local burials, battlefield burials and small local cemeteries. These deaths were a result of attempts to take Kiretch Tepe Ridge to the north of Suvla Bay and high ground to the east. 114 of the unknowns were members of the Sandringham Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment who had previously worked on the Royal Estate at Sandringham. They died on 12 August 1915.

Hill 10 Cemetery (493 identified, 150 unidentified, 56 special memorials). Created after the Armistice by combining local burials, battlefield burials and small local cemeteries. These deaths were a result of attempts to take Kiretch Tepe Ridge to the north of Suvla Bay and high ground to the east.