Dunsterforce, Baku azerbaijan 1918-1919

[larkins12]

Dear All,

I live and work in Baku, we have a memorial here to thiose who died during this conflict, BUT sadly, it only lists 7 members of the 7th North Staffordshire Regiment who where klled

We under stand that 3 officiers and 70 other ranks died. Does anybody know where I can find their names so that we can have their names added to the memorial here in BAKU.

Any assistance, ideas gratefuuly received

[bushfighter]

Larks

TEHRAN WAR CEMETERY & MEMORIAL

The War Cemetery was built in 1962. There are now 412 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war, 13 of which are unidentified, commemorated in this site. There are 152 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war commemorated here. In addition there are also 14 non world war burials and 25 Foreign National burials. All the 1914-1918 burials in Tehran War Cemetery have been concentrated from the following cemeteries:- AKHBARABAD PROTESTANT CEMETERY (later known as Tehran Military Cemetery) CHASHMEH-i-ZULIAK ANGLO PERSIAN OILFIELDS CEMETERY (later known as Masjid-I-sulaiman Cemetery) HAMADAN MILITARY CEMETERY, KAZVIN BRITISH WAR CEMETERY, NAIBUND BRITISH CEMETERY, RESHIRE BRITISH CEMETERY, RESHT ARMENIAN CEMETERY, SHIRAZ BRITISH CEMETERY, and TEHRAN MILITARY CEMETERY. Included in the 1914-1918 commemorations were members of 'Dunsterforce', a British mission set up by Major-General Dunsterville in 1918. Their purpose was to organise the forces of the Transcaucasian Federal Republic (comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) to enable them to withstand a Turkish attack. Their task was impeded by constant civil war, and in May of that year, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia separately declared their independence. 'Dunsterforce' assumed a more direct military role when Baku was under threat of a Turkish attack. In August, 1918 reinforced by about 1000 British Infantry, it occupied Baku to prevent the port and oil-fields from falling under Turkish control. However the following month saw the evacuation of Baku by the British due to the superior numbers of the Turkish force. The British returned to Baku after the Armistice and remained there as an occupying force until September, 1919.

http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=91700&mode=1

Harry

[mmm45]

Hi

Id be interested to know if Ernest Womersley 32507 7th North Staffs KIA 31/8/18 is listed

Hes one of the lads im researching on Hartshead St Peters WM CWGC have him listed on the Tehran memomorial.

Thanks

Ady

[larkins12]

Hi

Thanks, from what i have been able to discover, the British, Turkish and Armenia soldiers were all buried in Baku, in an area called "Shehidler Hiyabani" which over looks the city,

All these graves were destroyed by The "bolshevick's in 1920, Nothing remains of them. This area is now contains the remains of those who were massacared (all civilians) by the Russians on 20th January 1986,

There is now a memorial erected 2005 to the British killed in 1918-1919, I will post a photograph later. Sadly many names are missing.

Francis

Larks

TEHRAN WAR CEMETERY & MEMORIAL

The War Cemetery was built in 1962. There are now 412 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war, 13 of which are unidentified, commemorated in this site. There are 152 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war commemorated here. In addition there are also 14 non world war burials and 25 Foreign National burials. All the 1914-1918 burials in Tehran War Cemetery have been concentrated from the following cemeteries:- AKHBARABAD PROTESTANT CEMETERY (later known as Tehran Military Cemetery) CHASHMEH-i-ZULIAK ANGLO PERSIAN OILFIELDS CEMETERY (later known as Masjid-I-sulaiman Cemetery) HAMADAN MILITARY CEMETERY, KAZVIN BRITISH WAR CEMETERY, NAIBUND BRITISH CEMETERY, RESHIRE BRITISH CEMETERY, RESHT ARMENIAN CEMETERY, SHIRAZ BRITISH CEMETERY, and TEHRAN MILITARY CEMETERY. Included in the 1914-1918 commemorations were members of 'Dunsterforce', a British mission set up by Major-General Dunsterville in 1918. Their purpose was to organise the forces of the Transcaucasian Federal Republic (comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) to enable them to withstand a Turkish attack. Their task was impeded by constant civil war, and in May of that year, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia separately declared their independence. 'Dunsterforce' assumed a more direct military role when Baku was under threat of a Turkish attack. In August, 1918 reinforced by about 1000 British Infantry, it occupied Baku to prevent the port and oil-fields from falling under Turkish control. However the following month saw the evacuation of Baku by the British due to the superior numbers of the Turkish force. The British returned to Baku after the Armistice and remained there as an occupying force until September, 1919.

http://www.cwgc.org/...ry=91700&mode=1

Harry

Hi

I will check and post photograph in next few days

Larks

TEHRAN WAR CEMETERY & MEMORIAL

The War Cemetery was built in 1962. There are now 412 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war, 13 of which are unidentified, commemorated in this site. There are 152 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war commemorated here. In addition there are also 14 non world war burials and 25 Foreign National burials. All the 1914-1918 burials in Tehran War Cemetery have been concentrated from the following cemeteries:- AKHBARABAD PROTESTANT CEMETERY (later known as Tehran Military Cemetery) CHASHMEH-i-ZULIAK ANGLO PERSIAN OILFIELDS CEMETERY (later known as Masjid-I-sulaiman Cemetery) HAMADAN MILITARY CEMETERY, KAZVIN BRITISH WAR CEMETERY, NAIBUND BRITISH CEMETERY, RESHIRE BRITISH CEMETERY, RESHT ARMENIAN CEMETERY, SHIRAZ BRITISH CEMETERY, and TEHRAN MILITARY CEMETERY. Included in the 1914-1918 commemorations were members of 'Dunsterforce', a British mission set up by Major-General Dunsterville in 1918. Their purpose was to organise the forces of the Transcaucasian Federal Republic (comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) to enable them to withstand a Turkish attack. Their task was impeded by constant civil war, and in May of that year, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia separately declared their independence. 'Dunsterforce' assumed a more direct military role when Baku was under threat of a Turkish attack. In August, 1918 reinforced by about 1000 British Infantry, it occupied Baku to prevent the port and oil-fields from falling under Turkish control. However the following month saw the evacuation of Baku by the British due to the superior numbers of the Turkish force. The British returned to Baku after the Armistice and remained there as an occupying force until September, 1919.

http://www.cwgc.org/...ry=91700&mode=1

Harry

[ICD Moffat]

Hello All,

There were a number of Canadians attached to Dunsterforce. I don't know if any became casualties but here is a list taken from Library and Archives Canada (LAC) files. The actual file reference is at the top of the page. Note the LCol Warden's daily diary recording his entire time with Dunsterforce is online (I transcribed it from the original in LAC files). If you search J.W. Warden in Google it should come up. Here are the Canadian members of Dunsterforce. Only Non commissioned members have regimental numbers. Note Major Newcombe was attached to the Cossack force of Col Bicherakov and remained with his force officially even after he voluntarily became head of the Bolshevik forces in Baku and the region, thus Newcombe is the only Canadian soldier to officially serve with "Soviet" forces ever.

RG24 Vol 1840 File G.A.Q. 10-28

MesopotamiaExpedition

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NominalRoll

Lt-Col. Warden,J.W. D.S.O. 102^ndBn. CanadaN/K

Major Newcombe,H.K. ManRegt CDDBurton 11/9/19

Capt. Vanderburg,J.H. C.M.G.C. Canada8.8.19

Capt. Lewis,C.J. 2^ndC.M.R. CanadaN/K

Capt. Gilmour,A.H. M.C. 8^thBn. Secto WO

Capt. Burbidge MC. 10^thBn. Can19-3-19

Capt. Roberts,G.B. M.C. 5^thBn. NoInformation

Capt. McLean,J.H. 3^rdBn. Canada22.8.19

Lieut. Hopkins,G.S. R.C.R. Canada22.2.19

Lieut. Chambers,W. 2^ndBn. “ 2-6-19

Lieut. Harrison,R. 5^thBn. “ 11-7-19

Lieut. Petrie,W. D. L. 16^thBn . “ 14 6 19

Lieut. Hodgson,T. MC. 14^thBn . NoInformation

Lieut. Fisher, J.M. 18^thBn . ----do ---------

Lieut. Murray,P.S. 31^stBn. R Wurg Wil Coy(?)

5175 Sgt. Cummings, W.E. 4^thBn. Canada10.3.19

922428 Pte. Gatey, A.P. 107^thPioneers Can. 30.3.19

A44193 Cpl. Mahar, A.P. I.C.C.D. 14^thBn . No Further Information

A35026 Pte. McDonald, D.J. 10^thBn. Canada5.12.18

117035 Cpl. Murray, J. 1^stC.M.R. Canada12.3.19

907032 Pte. McWhirter, D.W. 5^thBn. Canada14.6.19

107475 L/C.Pegg, T.H. 2^ndC.M.R. Canada8.8.19

28649 Sgt. McCue, W.D. 16^thBn . Canada26.8.19

132824 Cpl. Weidmark, L.F. 42^ndBn. Canada11.5.19

54007 Cpl. Campbell, C. 18^thBn . Canada 2.5.19

219 a/Br.Ridgeway, T. 4^thD.A.C. Canada13.5.19

79[1]221 Pte. Trevor, W.E. 47^thBn . Presumed Canada prior to

August

311931 Dvr. Parsons, F.C. 47^thBn . Canada2.5.19

642141 Pte. Brophy, W.T. 75^thBn . Canada21.2.19

102194 Pte. Ramsay, A. N. M. 54^thBn . No Further Information

187362 Pte. Lawrence, J. I.C.C.D. 24^thBn. No FurtherInformation

414761 Pte. Swanick, A. 25^thBn. Canada14.5.19

69257 Pte. Esterbrooks, R. I.C.C.D. 26^thBn MiscDetails Bombay

5068 Cpl.Clark, R. 1^stFld. Coy. C.E. Canada 22/3/19

198310 Sgt. Longhurst, F. 28^thBn. Canada29.3.19

75341 A/Sgt.Casey, R. 29^thBn. Presumed CanadaPrior to

August

439749 Sgt. Leeds, J. 52^ndBn. Canada16.8.19

201619 Cpl. Jackman, W.T. 3^rdBn. Canada14.4.19

207973 A/Sgt.Bedat, L. 17^thRes. (RCR’S) Can. 2/5/19

79130 L/Sgt. Hamilton, S. Canada 20.5.19 21^stRes (31^st Bn.)

477622 L/Cpl. Murdock, W.J. R.C.R. Canada6.9.19

[elandorrt]

I have a record of Captain Brian Hanbury Sparrow, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry, being killed in Baku on 26 Aug 1918. His name is recorded on the Instanbul memorial.

[stevenbecker]

Mate,

I have two AIF soldiers (amoung others) who were involved in the fighting at Baku.

CARNEGIE Robert Miller 838 Pte 20Bn CCo (G) WIA 25/26-6-16 L/thigh shrapnel reported 3 wounded when front shelled during 18Bn raid on German lines near Bois Grenier WIA 5-2-17 head & face bomb reported two wounded by bomb in Flieger Abteilungen air attack on Shelterwood Camp to Cpl 8-17 to L/Sgt 9-17 to Sgt 10-17 MM - for his actions around Hanebeke Wood at Menin Road 20-9-17 F&B to Dunsterforce Mesoptamia 1-18 WIA 31-8-18 L/shoulder possibly either with Capt Savige around Tabiz or reported 36 casualties during fighting in Turkish attack at Binagadi Hill around Baku Russia AKA Rott Miller Carnegie

JUDGE Cecil Guildford Kimmorley 2/Lt 4Bn 2R Tos ACo 4-15 to CCo 5-15 to T/Sig officer & A/Adjt BHQ 11-15 (G) revert 1-16 prom Capt CCo 1-16 WIA 7-5-16 back & L/shoulder shrapnel reported shelled in the Bois Grenier near Armentieres to Adjt BHQ 11-16 WIA 15-4-17 minor reported during German attack by 4th Ersatz Div around Boursies recom DSO awarded MC & MID - for his actions at Broodseinde 4-10-17 F&B to Dunsterforce 3-18 + Bar to MC - for his actions in the defence against Red Army forces at Baku Russia 14-9-18 (prom 2/Lt 34 IR 16-8-13 CMF )

Cheer

S.B

[MaureenE]

For background information, the FIBIS Fibiwiki has a page Norperforce, which also includes information about Dunsterforce

http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Norperforce

It includes a link to the diary of Lieut.-Colonel John Weightman Warden, mentioned by Ian Moffat in post 5

Cheers

Maureen