West Mudros Muslim Cemetery
Limnos, Regional unit of Chios, North Aegean, Greece
Because of its position, the island of Lemnos played an important part in the campaigns against Turkey during the First World War. It was occupied by a force of marines on 23 February 1915 in preparation for the military attack on Gallipoli, and Mudros became a considerable Allied camp. The 1st and 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospitals, the 3rd Australian General Hospital and other medical units were stationed on both sides of Mudros bay and a considerable Egyptian Labour Corps detachment was employed. After the evacuation of Gallipoli, a garrison remained on the island and the 1st Royal Naval Brigade was on Lemnos, Imbros and Tenedos for the first few months of 1916.
On 30 October 1918, the Armistice between the Entente Powers and Turkey was signed at Mudros.
West Mudros Muslim Cemetery is in open ground on the west coast of Mudros Bay. The cemetery contains the graves of 170 men of the Egyptian Labour Corps and 56 Turkish soldiers, none of which are marked individually. The commemoration is in the form of a memorial obelisk surrounded by a stone wall.
Because of its position, the island of Lemnos played an important part in the campaigns against Turkey during the First World War. It was occupied by a force of marines on 23 February 1915 in preparation for the military attack on Gallipoli, and Mudros became a considerable Allied camp. The 1st and 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospitals, the 3rd Australian General Hospital and other medical units were stationed on both sides of Mudros bay and a considerable Egyptian Labour Corps detachment was employed. After the evacuation of Gallipoli, a garrison remained on the island and the 1st Royal Naval Brigade was on Lemnos, Imbros and Tenedos for the first few months of 1916.
On 30 October 1918, the Armistice between the Entente Powers and Turkey was signed at Mudros.
West Mudros Muslim Cemetery is in open ground on the west coast of Mudros Bay. The cemetery contains the graves of 170 men of the Egyptian Labour Corps and 56 Turkish soldiers, none of which are marked individually. The commemoration is in the form of a memorial obelisk surrounded by a stone wall.
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- Added: 30 Mar 2021
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2727522
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