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Al-Bandar, Awad Hamed b. 1945 d. January 15, 2007
Iraqi Official. He was an Iraqi chief judge under Saddam Hussein's presidency. He was the head of the Revolutionary Court which issued death sentences against 143 Dujail residents, in the aftermath of the failed assassination attempt against Hussein on July 8, 1982. At the Al-Dujail trial the Iraqi Special Tribunal tried Awad for crimes against humanity for issuing the death sentences. On November 5, 2006, Awad was sentenced to death by hanging along with co-defendants Saddam Hussein and Barzan...[Read More]
Cause of death: Execution by hanging
Al-Awja Religious Compound, Al-Awja, Salah ad Din, Iraq
Plot: Outside courtyard
Basra Memorial
The Basra Memorial bears the names of more than 40,500 members of the Commonwealth forces who died in operations in Mesopotamia from Autumn, 1914, to the end of August 1921, and whose graves are not known.
Basra Memorial, Al Basrah, Al Basrah, Iraq
Bell, Gertrude b. July 14, 1868 d. July 12, 1926
Archaeologist, Diplomat. One of the founders of modern Iraq. Born Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell at Washington Hall, Durham, into one of Victorian England's wealthiest families, Bell used the industrial fortune she inherited to obtain a first class education at Oxford, and to embark on one of the most influential careers of her generation. A distinguished scholar, archaeologist, author, linguist, and world traveler, she ultimately became a political power broker in the Middle East in the wake...[Read More] (Bio by: Nikita Barlow)
British Cemetery, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
Cookson, Edgar Christopher [memorial] b. December 13, 1883 d. September 28, 1915
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Cheshire, England, he served as a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy. On September 28, 1915, Lieutenant Commander Cookson was in command of the river gunboat HMS Comet at Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia, when ordered with other gunboats to destroy an obstruction placed across the river by the Turks. When the gunboats approached the obstruction, very heavy rifle and machine gun fire was opened on them from both banks. When an attempt to sink the centre...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Amara War Cemetery, Al `Amarah, Maysan, Iraq
Plot: Gravesite lost: name is listed on Memorial Panel IV.A.15
Enheduanna
Mesopotamian Princess, High Priestess, Author, Musician. Active over 4300 years ago, she is believed to be the earliest known poet and composer in recorded history. Her masterpiece, "Ninmesarra" ("The Exaltation of Inanna"), contains the earliest narrative written in the first person. Since the late 20th Century her surviving works have gained considerable literary and even mainstream attention. Enheduanna, whose name means "Lady Ornament of the Sky", lived from approximately 2315 to 2250 BC...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Giparu of Ur (Ruins), Nasiriyah, Dhi Qar, Iraq
Faisal I b. May 20, 1883 d. September 8, 1933
King of Iraq. The third son of Husein ibn Ali, sherif of Mecca, he is also called Faisal ibn Husein or Faisal al Husein. Faisal was educated in Constantinople and later sat in the Ottoman parliament as deputy for Jidda. In World War I, he served with the Turkish army in Syria until 1916, when, escaping to Arabia, he joined T.E. Lawrence, who became later known as Lawrence of Arabia, in revolt. Faisal was disappointed in his hope to rule as king over all Arab territory in the Ottoman...[Read More] (Bio by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye)
Royal Mausoleum (Adhamiyah), Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
Faisal II b. May 2, 1935 d. July 14, 1958
King of Iraq. He ascended to the throne at the age of three years upon the tragic death of his father, King Ghazi. Faisal's uncle Abd al-llah served as regent until Faisal came of age in 1953. As a child, he suffered from asthma. In April of 1941, Abd al-llah was briefly deposed by a military coup which aimed to align Iraq with the Axis powers, but he was quickly restored. As a teenager, Faisal attended Harrow School in England with his cousin King Hussein of Jordan. On May 2, 1953...[Read More] (Bio by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye)
Royal Mausoleum (Adhamiyah), Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
Finn, Pvt. James Henry b. November 24, 1893 d. March 30, 1917
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient.
Basra Memorial, Al Basrah, Al Basrah, Iraq
Plot: No Known Grave; name is listed as "Fynn" on the Basra Memorial, Panel 16 and 62.
Firman, Humphrey Osbaldston Brooke b. November 24, 1886 d. April 25, 1916
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient.
Basra Memorial, Al Basrah, Al Basrah, Iraq
Plot: No known grave; name is on the Basra Memorial, Panel 1 and 60.
Fynn, James Henry b. November 24, 1893 d. March 30, 1917
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. His citation reads "On 9 April 1916 at Sanna-i-Yat, Mesopotamia, Private Fynn was one of a small party which dug in, in front of our advanced line and about 300 yards from the enemy's trenches. He went out and bandaged a number of wounded men under heavy fire, making several journeys in order to do so. Being unable to get a stretcher, he carried on his back a badly wounded man to safety". (Bio by: derrick unwin)
Basra Memorial, Al Basrah, Al Basrah, Iraq
Plot: Panel 16 and 62.
Ghazi I b. March 21, 1912 d. April 4, 1939
King of Iraq. The only son of Faisal I, he was cared for by his grandfather Hussein bin Ali, the Grand Sharif of Mecca, while his father was busy in his campaigns and travels. In 1924 Ghazi was appointed crown prince. He assumed the crown as King Ghazi I on September 8, 1933, upon the death of his father. Ghazi was a staunch pan-Arab nationalist and was opposed to British interests in his country. He supported the military when it ousted the civilian government. Ghazi was rumored to...[Read More] (Bio by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye)
Royal Mausoleum (Adhamiyah), Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
Henderson, LTC. Edward Elers Delaval b. October 2, 1878 d. January 25, 1917
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Shimla, British India, he served as a Lieutenant Colonel in command of the 9th Battalion, Royal Warswickshire Regiment, British Army. On January 25, 1917, at the River Hai, near Kut, Mesopotamia, Lieutenant Colonel Henderson brought his battalion up to the two first line trenches which were taking heavy casualties when the Germans made a strong counter attack. The situation was critical and Colonel Henderson although wounded, he then advanced alone...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Amara War Cemetery, Al `Amarah, Maysan, Iraq
Plot: XXIV. B. 31.
Henderson, George Stuart b. December 5, 1893 d. July 24, 1920
Iraqi Revolt Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in East Gordon, Scottish Borders, he served as a Captain in the 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment, British Army. Near Hillah, Mesopotamia Iraq, July 24, 1920, when the company under Captain Henderson's comand was ordered to retire, they came under attack a large party of Arabs. Captain Henderson at once reorganized the company, led them to the attack and drove off the enemy. Next, this officer led his men to charge the Arabs with the bayonet and...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Basra Memorial, Al Basrah, Al Basrah, Iraq
Plot: No Known Grave; name is listed on Panel 31 and 64.
Hussein, Qusay b. May 17, 1966 d. July 22, 2003
Second son of Saddam Hussein, Dictator of Iraq. He was the heir apparent to his father's dictatorial position of President of Iraq, replacing his older brother Uday, when Uday proved to be erratic and less stable. Born Qusay Saddam al-Tikreti, in Baghdad, he was the second child and second son of three sons and three daughters to Saddam Hussein. His mother, Sajida Talfah, was Saddam's cousin and his first wife, and gave birth to the first five children of Saddam. Their father trained him and...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Al-Awja Religious Compound, Al-Awja, Salah ad Din, Iraq
Plot: Outside courtyard
Hussein, Saddam b. April 28, 1937 d. December 30, 2006
President and dictator of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. Born Saddam Hussein al-Majid al-Tikriti in Al-Awja, Iraq, he was the son of a poor shepherd family of the Begat tribal group. His father, Hussein Abid al-Majid, disappeared six months before he was born, and his mother, Subha Tulfah al-Mussallat, sent the infant son to be raised by her brother, Khairallah Talfah. When he was three years old, his mother remarried, and Saddam returned to his mother, gaining three half-brothers in the process...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Al-Awja Religious Compound, Al-Awja, Salah ad Din, Iraq
Plot: Inside of building
Hussein, Uday b. June 18, 1964 d. July 22, 2003
Eldest son of Saddam Hussein, Dictator of Iraq. He was born in Baghdad, Iraq, as the first child of three sons and three daughters of Saddam Hussein. As the eldest son of Saddam, he was the heir apparent to his father's dictatorial position of President of Iraq, but was replaced by his younger brother Qusay, when he proved to be erratic and less stable. Born Uday Saddam al-Tikreti, in Baghdad, he was the first child and first son of three sons and three daughters to Saddam Hussein. His mother...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Al-Awja Religious Compound, Al-Awja, Salah ad Din, Iraq
Plot: Outside courtyard
ibn Abi Talib, Ali b. March 17, 600 d. January 28, 661
Religious Leader. He was born in the Kaaba sanctuary, the holiest place in Islam, and raised in the household of his cousin, the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him). When Muhammad received his divine revelation, Ali was among the first to acknowledge it. He married Muhammad's daughter Fatimah and was Muhammad's trusted lieutenant for the ten years that he led the Muslims in Medina, taking part in almost all the battles fought to defend the new faith. After Muhammad's death his mantle of...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Imam Ali Mosque, Najaf, An Najaf, Iraq
ibn Abi Talib, Husayn ibn Ali b. January 8, 626 d. October 10, 680
Religious Leader. The grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), son of Muhammad's daughter Fatima and her husband Imam Ali (Muhammad's cousin), and brother of Imam Hasan, as a young man he participated in his father's effort to succeed Muhammad as leader of the Muslim people. After his father died his brother Hasan and another claimant, Muawiyah, fought for Ali's position. Muawiyah became the leader when Hasan agreed to retire to Medina, and Imam Husayn did not object. However, when...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Shrine of Husayn ibn Ali, Karbala, Karbala', Iraq
Ibrahim el-Hasan al-Tikriti, Barzan b. February 17, 1951 d. January 15, 2007
Iraqi Official. He was one of three half-brothers of Saddam Hussein, and the former leader of the Iraqi secret service, known as Mukhabarat. Barzan was sent by the government of Iraq to Geneva in 1988 to serve as representative to the United Nations, a post he held until 1998. Up to 1995, he handled Saddam's personal fortune. This task was then taken over by a network of foreign brokers, since Saddam had decided that no-one in Iraq could be trusted with this task. US officials characterized...[Read More]
Cause of death: Execution by hanging
Al-Awja Religious Compound, Al-Awja, Salah ad Din, Iraq
Plot: Outside courtyard
Ramadan, Taha Yasin b. 1938 d. March 20, 2007
Iraqi Vice President, his full name was Taha Yasin Ramadan Al-Jizrawi. He served as the Vice President of Iraq under former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from March 1991 until the fall of Hussein's government in April of 2003. He began his military and political career when he joined the Ba'ath Party in 1956. A former bank clerk, Ramadan met Hussein at about the same time. After Hussein came to power, he was eventually made Vice President. In 2003, after the United States invaded Iraq, he...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Al-Awja Religious Compound, Al-Awja, Salah ad Din, Iraq
Plot: Outside courtyard

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