EAST MUDROS MILITARY CEMETERY
Limnos (Lemnos) Island
Greece
Location Information
The Cemetery is on the Greek island of Limnos (Lemnos) in the north-east Aegean Sea. It is situated on rising ground on the north east side of the village of Mudros and is about 1 Km out of the village, next to the Greek Civil Cemetery. Mudros is on the east side of Mudros Bay, on the way to Kaminia village.
Take the Myrina – Moudros National Road and continue until you come to signs directing you to Roussopoli and Kaminia villages approximately 1 km before the village of Mudros. Turn left at these signs, there is also a CWGC sign, continue straight for another 500 metres and turn right at the CWGC sign for another 3-400 metres and you shall arrive at the cemetery which is on your left.
Visiting Information
The Cemetery is permanently open and may be visited at any time.
Historical Information
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.
East Mudros Military Cemetery was begun in April 1915 and used until September 1919. It contains 885 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 86 of them unidentified, and one Second World War burial. There are also seven non war naval graves and 32 burials of other nationalities in the cemetery, 29 of them Russians who died in the evacuation of Novorossisk in 1921, who are remembered on a memorial plaque set into the boundary wall.
Cemetery pictures in gallery used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Cemetery is on the Greek island of Limnos (Lemnos) in the north-east Aegean Sea. It is situated on rising ground on the north east side of the village of Mudros and is about 1 Km out of the village, next to the Greek Civil Cemetery. Mudros is on the east side of Mudros Bay, on the way to Kaminia village.
Take the Myrina – Moudros National Road and continue until you come to signs directing you to Roussopoli and Kaminia villages approximately 1 km before the village of Mudros. Turn left at these signs, there is also a CWGC sign, continue straight for another 500 metres and turn right at the CWGC sign for another 3-400 metres and you shall arrive at the cemetery which is on your left.
Visiting Information
The Cemetery is permanently open and may be visited at any time.
Historical Information
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.
East Mudros Military Cemetery was begun in April 1915 and used until September 1919. It contains 885 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 86 of them unidentified, and one Second World War burial. There are also seven non war naval graves and 32 burials of other nationalities in the cemetery, 29 of them Russians who died in the evacuation of Novorossisk in 1921, who are remembered on a memorial plaque set into the boundary wall.
Cemetery pictures in gallery used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Inspector of Engine Fitters
William E. Armes
R. F. A. Reliance, Mercantile Marine
Died as a result of wounds received in an Explosion on 16th May 1918.
Plot III. H. 235.
Picture courtesy of Tina Dunning (Granddaughter)
William E. Armes
R. F. A. Reliance, Mercantile Marine
Died as a result of wounds received in an Explosion on 16th May 1918.
Plot III. H. 235.
Picture courtesy of Tina Dunning (Granddaughter)
2138 Lance Corporal
Charles Burrell
1/5th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
Died of dysentery following wounds 8th June 1915, aged 32
Plot I. B. 30.
Son of James & Susannah Burrell, of Burnley, husband of Florence of 4 Grosvenor Street, Stoneyholme, Burnley.
Charles Burrell
1/5th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
Died of dysentery following wounds 8th June 1915, aged 32
Plot I. B. 30.
Son of James & Susannah Burrell, of Burnley, husband of Florence of 4 Grosvenor Street, Stoneyholme, Burnley.
1837 Drummer
Fletcher Clough
1/5th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
Died of Wounds 9th June 1915, aged 16.
Plot I. C. 56.
Son of Henry and Annie Clough, of 85, Keswick Rd., Blackpool.
Fletcher Clough
1/5th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
Died of Wounds 9th June 1915, aged 16.
Plot I. C. 56.
Son of Henry and Annie Clough, of 85, Keswick Rd., Blackpool.
11240 Private
Henry James Hudson
6th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
Died of Wounds 10th August 1915, aged 30.
Plot II. D. 55.
Lived at 19 Engine Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
Henry James Hudson
6th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
Died of Wounds 10th August 1915, aged 30.
Plot II. D. 55.
Lived at 19 Engine Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
SS/109567 Stoker 1st Class
Edmond Harry Robinson
Royal Naval Division, (att C Coy Anson Battalion)
Died of Wounds aboard HMT Franconia, 1st June 1915, aged 23.
Plot I. A. 22.
Lived at 41 Moseley Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
Edmond Harry Robinson
Royal Naval Division, (att C Coy Anson Battalion)
Died of Wounds aboard HMT Franconia, 1st June 1915, aged 23.
Plot I. A. 22.
Lived at 41 Moseley Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
2353 Private
William Thomas Seales
1st/5th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment.
Died of Enteric fever 8th July 1915, aged 36.
Plot II. A. 3.
Picture courtesy of Julie Seales, great granddaughter
William Thomas Seales
1st/5th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment.
Died of Enteric fever 8th July 1915, aged 36.
Plot II. A. 3.
Picture courtesy of Julie Seales, great granddaughter
10932 Private
Thomas Skinner
6th Bn. Border Regiment
14th August 1915, aged 22.
Plot II. E. 77.
Picture courtesy of Ian Shalapata, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Thomas Skinner
6th Bn. Border Regiment
14th August 1915, aged 22.
Plot II. E. 77.
Picture courtesy of Ian Shalapata, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
7088 Lance Corporal
Frederick Whitaker
1st Bn. Border Regiment
1st July 1915.
Plot I. C. 50.
Frederick Whitaker
1st Bn. Border Regiment
1st July 1915.
Plot I. C. 50.
Picture © Andrew Mackay
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Above picture is a Memorial to those lost on HMS Agamemnon.
Picture © Andrew Mackay
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