Bryn Posted 3 April , 2005 Share Posted 3 April , 2005 Hi all, Apologies if this has been asked before. Many of the smaller, original cemeteries at Gallipoli were abolished after the war. The bodies interred in them were exhumed and relocated to other cemeteries. Does anyone know whether CWGC have records of these cemeteries that have now vanished? For example, maps or diagrams showing their their exact location. Also does anyone know of any of these cemeteries other than the following (alphabetical list) 1/8th Hants 116th Essex 26th CCS 2nd Battalion Parade Ground 3rd Battalion Parade Ground 5th Norfolk 88th Dressing Station 89th Dressing Station Aghyl Dere Artillery Road Artillery Road East Australia Valley 'B' Beach Bedford Ridge Brown's Dip North Brown's Dip South Chailak Dere Nos 1 and 2 Clunes Vennel Eastern Mounted Brigade Eighth Battery Essex Fir Tree Wood Geoghan's Bluff Hampshire Lane No. 1 Hampshire Lane No. 2 Jephson's Post Junction Kangaroo Beach Kidney Hill Mulberry Tree Norfolk Norfolk Trench Northants Oxford Circus Park Lane Pink Farm 1 Pink Farm 2 Pope's Hill Scimitar Hill Suffolk The Apex Victoria Gully Waldron's Point West Ham Gully Wright's Gully Any additions would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWills Posted 3 April , 2005 Share Posted 3 April , 2005 Bryn, I think you will find there never was a 116th Essex Cemetery - it should be 1/6th Essex. Likewise, I believe that 2nd Battalion Parade ground may actually be 22nd battalion parade ground (though I am less sure about that one) You may also like to add Aerodrome Cemetery to your list. There were also some RND cemeteries. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWills Posted 3 April , 2005 Share Posted 3 April , 2005 I Should also have added that it was originally intended that Pope's Hill and Artillery Road were to be permanent cemeteries, but they were eventually concentrated to Quinns & Shell Green respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryn Posted 4 April , 2005 Author Share Posted 4 April , 2005 Thanks very much for those corrections and information, Martin. I'll adjust my records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWills Posted 4 April , 2005 Share Posted 4 April , 2005 Another thought, The reference to B beach should comprise B Beach No. 1 Cemetery B Beach No. 2 Cemetery B Beach No. 3 Cemetery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryn Posted 5 April , 2005 Author Share Posted 5 April , 2005 Thanks again Martin. Any idea where the name 'Clunes Vennel' came from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWills Posted 5 April , 2005 Share Posted 5 April , 2005 Clunes Vennel was a street name in Ayr - renamed Crown Street in 1922 to avoid the association with a murder there a year or two earlier. Clunes, I think, is a place on Cromarty. Trench names often hark back to the locality of troops serving in them. In the same area of the frontline astride the main course of the Krithia Nullah you could find Clunes Vennel (Ayr) Renfield Street (Glasgow) Great Western Road (Glasgow? or various other towns/cities) Ardwick Green (Greater Manchester) Wigan Road (Greater Manchester) One assumes that Clunes Vennel Cem was adjacent and I have seen it recorded as being the repose of 522 soldiers (though I am not convinced by that piece of info). I wonder if Worcester Cem was close to Worcester Flat some 300 or 400 yds NW of Clunes Vennel. The western end of Worcester Flat was very close to a Regimental Aid Post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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