Helles Memorial, Gallipoli

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Location Gallipoli , Cannakale, Türkiye
Type memorial
Description

The Helles Memorial stands on the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula. It takes the form of an obelisk over 30 metres high that can be seen by ships passing through the Dardanelles.

The eight month campaign in Gallipoli was fought by Commonwealth and French forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the deadlock of the Western Front in France and Belgium, and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea. The Allies landed on the peninsula on 25-26 April 1915; the 29th Division at Cape Helles in the south and the Australian and New Zealand Corps north of Gaba Tepe on the west coast, an area soon known as Anzac. On 6 August, further landings were made at Suvla, just north of Anzac, and the climax of the campaign came in early August when simultaneous assaults were launched on all three fronts. However, the difficult terrain and stiff Turkish resistance soon led to the stalemate of trench warfare. From the end of August, no further serious action was fought and the lines remained unchanged. The peninsula was successfully evacuated in December and early January 1916. The Helles Memorial serves the dual function of Commonwealth battle memorial for the whole Gallipoli campaign and place of commemoration for many of those Commonwealth servicemen who died there and have no known grave. The United Kingdom and Indian forces named on the memorial died in operations throughout the peninsula, the Australians at Helles. There are also panels for those who were lost at sea, in one of the troopships sunk off Gallipoli. Over 20,000 names are commemorated on this memorial.

Source CWGC

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ENNIS, John Archibald

Service number 233
Private
7th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

WALE, Philip George

Service number 1040
Second Lieutenant
7th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 26 Oct 1896

WATTERSTON, Birkett William

Service number 977
Lance Sergeant
7th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 20 Jun 1888

PARK, William Wallace

Service number 1109
Private
8th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 8 Mar 1896

ANSELL, Albert Harold

Service number 58
Private
6th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1891

DEBENHAM, Herbert

Service number OFFICER
Lieutenant
Unspecified British Units
British Forces (All Conflicts)
Born 1889

MARTIN, Roy Gladstone

Service number 393
Corporal
6th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1894

WALKER, Oscar Robert

Service number OFFICER
Captain
Unspecified British Units
British Forces (All Conflicts)
Born 1880

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