REDOUBT CEMETERY (HELLES)
Gallipoli
Turkey
Location Information
From Helles, continue on the road to Alciptepe and Redoubt cemetery will be found on your left. It is on the west side of the Krithia - Sedd el Bahr Road, approximately sout-west of "The Vineyards". It faces south to the entrance to the Dardanelles and is surrounded by a belt of shrubs.
Visiting Information
The Cemetery is permanently open and may be visited at any time.
Historical Information
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 28 April, following the landings at Helles, the first attack was mounted towards Achi Baba, the ridge which dominates the southern part of the peninsula. Fatigue, however, brought the assault to a halt some kilometres short of the objective, near the village of Krithia. Turkish counter attacks followed but were repulsed and during the period 6-8 May, the 29th and French Divisions, reinforced by the 2nd Australian and New Zealand Infantry Brigades, carried out a renewed attack on Krithia, making some gains but suffering heavy casualties.
Between 1 May and the beginning of June, the 29th Indian Infantry Brigade and 42nd (East Lancashire) Division landed on the peninsula. With these reinforcements, the Allied force at Helles pushed forward once more on 4 June, but again to little effect. A further attack between 28 June and 5 July at Gully Ravine inflicted heavy casualties on the Turks, but despite local gains - at one point the line was pushed forward more than a kilometre - there was no breakthrough. By 13 July the advance at Helles was effectively over and the position remained unchanged until the evacuation in January 1916.
Redoubt Cemetery takes its name from the chain of forts made by the Turks across the southern end of the peninsula in the fighting for Krithia and the Redoubt Line on which the advance halted in May.
The cemetery was begun by the 2nd Australian Infantry Brigade in May 1915 and continued in use until the evacuation. It was greatly increased after the Armistice when the battlefields were cleared and graves were brought in from the following smaller cemeteries:-
Krithia Nullah Nos. 1 and 2, West Krithia Nullah, Brown House, White House and Clapham Junction.
There are now 2,027 servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 1,393 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate 349 casualties known or believed to be buried among them.
Identified Casualties
United Kingdom 614
Australia 15
New Zealand 7
India 1
Cemetery pictures © Geerhard Joos
From Helles, continue on the road to Alciptepe and Redoubt cemetery will be found on your left. It is on the west side of the Krithia - Sedd el Bahr Road, approximately sout-west of "The Vineyards". It faces south to the entrance to the Dardanelles and is surrounded by a belt of shrubs.
Visiting Information
The Cemetery is permanently open and may be visited at any time.
Historical Information
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 28 April, following the landings at Helles, the first attack was mounted towards Achi Baba, the ridge which dominates the southern part of the peninsula. Fatigue, however, brought the assault to a halt some kilometres short of the objective, near the village of Krithia. Turkish counter attacks followed but were repulsed and during the period 6-8 May, the 29th and French Divisions, reinforced by the 2nd Australian and New Zealand Infantry Brigades, carried out a renewed attack on Krithia, making some gains but suffering heavy casualties.
Between 1 May and the beginning of June, the 29th Indian Infantry Brigade and 42nd (East Lancashire) Division landed on the peninsula. With these reinforcements, the Allied force at Helles pushed forward once more on 4 June, but again to little effect. A further attack between 28 June and 5 July at Gully Ravine inflicted heavy casualties on the Turks, but despite local gains - at one point the line was pushed forward more than a kilometre - there was no breakthrough. By 13 July the advance at Helles was effectively over and the position remained unchanged until the evacuation in January 1916.
Redoubt Cemetery takes its name from the chain of forts made by the Turks across the southern end of the peninsula in the fighting for Krithia and the Redoubt Line on which the advance halted in May.
The cemetery was begun by the 2nd Australian Infantry Brigade in May 1915 and continued in use until the evacuation. It was greatly increased after the Armistice when the battlefields were cleared and graves were brought in from the following smaller cemeteries:-
Krithia Nullah Nos. 1 and 2, West Krithia Nullah, Brown House, White House and Clapham Junction.
There are now 2,027 servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 1,393 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate 349 casualties known or believed to be buried among them.
Identified Casualties
United Kingdom 614
Australia 15
New Zealand 7
India 1
Cemetery pictures © Geerhard Joos
Second Lieutenant
Arthur Charles Brook
5th Bn. Manchester Regiment
4th June 1915, aged 30.
Plot XII. A. 20.
INSCRIPTION. FROM THEE I DESIRE TO RECEIVE ALL THAT THY ETERNAL LIFE CAN GIVE.
Son of the late Arthur Brook (of H.M. Treasury) and of Mrs. Brook, of Woodhouse, Weybridge; husband of Sydney H. Simpson (formerly Brook), of Alderbrook, Parbold, Lancs. B.A. Exeter College, Oxford. Director of Jonas Brook & Bros.
Archie Brook was married to one of my Grandfather’s sisters. My grandfather was Colonel Sir Henry Darlington who took the 1/5 Manchesters out to Egypt and trained them up prior to embarking for Gallipoli.
Archie was born on 18th June 1884, eldest son of Mr Arthur Brook of HM Treasury and of Ruth Mary Brook of Woodhouse, Weybridge, Surrey, and a nephew of Mr T. Julius Hirst of Meltham Hall and of Mr Charles Lewis Brook of Harewood Lodge. He was educated at The Grange, Folkestone, and at Rugby Public School from 1898 to 1903. In 1903 and he entered Exeter College, Oxford. After taking his BA degree he joined the firm of Messrs Jonas Brook and Brothers, cotton thread manufacturers, of Meltham Mills, of which he became a director in 1912. He lived at Helme Lodge, near Meltham, and was a Church Warden at Helme Church.
Archie married Sydney Harriet (nee Darlington) Brook on 8th July 1909 in the Parish Church in Douglas, Lancaster. Their daughter Blanche Mary was born on the 29th May 1910 at Manor Croft, Helme Edge. He was passionately fond of horticulture and he acted as President of the Meltham Mills Flower Show. He was a good all round sportsman.
Archie enlisted at the outbreak of the war in the 5th Battalion Manchester Regiment and proceeded with them to Egypt in September, 1914.
On 4th May 1915 he landed with his battalion in the Dardenelles.
During the attack by the Manchester’s on the Turkish trenches below Achi Baba he was directing his men, who were taking ammunition under heavy fire to the captured trenches, when he was shot and killed instantaneously on 4th June 1915, aged 30 years.
Memorial in St. Bartholomew’s Church,Meltham; Helme Parish Church.
2nd Lieutenant Brook’s will was written by Fisher and Company, solicitors, of John William Street, Huddersfield.
His will was granted probate on 11th October 1915 and his estate valued at £3,606 5s 2d.
Pictures below and text above provided by Hugh Darlington
Arthur Charles Brook
5th Bn. Manchester Regiment
4th June 1915, aged 30.
Plot XII. A. 20.
INSCRIPTION. FROM THEE I DESIRE TO RECEIVE ALL THAT THY ETERNAL LIFE CAN GIVE.
Son of the late Arthur Brook (of H.M. Treasury) and of Mrs. Brook, of Woodhouse, Weybridge; husband of Sydney H. Simpson (formerly Brook), of Alderbrook, Parbold, Lancs. B.A. Exeter College, Oxford. Director of Jonas Brook & Bros.
Archie Brook was married to one of my Grandfather’s sisters. My grandfather was Colonel Sir Henry Darlington who took the 1/5 Manchesters out to Egypt and trained them up prior to embarking for Gallipoli.
Archie was born on 18th June 1884, eldest son of Mr Arthur Brook of HM Treasury and of Ruth Mary Brook of Woodhouse, Weybridge, Surrey, and a nephew of Mr T. Julius Hirst of Meltham Hall and of Mr Charles Lewis Brook of Harewood Lodge. He was educated at The Grange, Folkestone, and at Rugby Public School from 1898 to 1903. In 1903 and he entered Exeter College, Oxford. After taking his BA degree he joined the firm of Messrs Jonas Brook and Brothers, cotton thread manufacturers, of Meltham Mills, of which he became a director in 1912. He lived at Helme Lodge, near Meltham, and was a Church Warden at Helme Church.
Archie married Sydney Harriet (nee Darlington) Brook on 8th July 1909 in the Parish Church in Douglas, Lancaster. Their daughter Blanche Mary was born on the 29th May 1910 at Manor Croft, Helme Edge. He was passionately fond of horticulture and he acted as President of the Meltham Mills Flower Show. He was a good all round sportsman.
Archie enlisted at the outbreak of the war in the 5th Battalion Manchester Regiment and proceeded with them to Egypt in September, 1914.
On 4th May 1915 he landed with his battalion in the Dardenelles.
During the attack by the Manchester’s on the Turkish trenches below Achi Baba he was directing his men, who were taking ammunition under heavy fire to the captured trenches, when he was shot and killed instantaneously on 4th June 1915, aged 30 years.
Memorial in St. Bartholomew’s Church,Meltham; Helme Parish Church.
2nd Lieutenant Brook’s will was written by Fisher and Company, solicitors, of John William Street, Huddersfield.
His will was granted probate on 11th October 1915 and his estate valued at £3,606 5s 2d.
Pictures below and text above provided by Hugh Darlington
11798 Private
Francis George Clarke
6th East Lancashire Regiment
Killed in Action 27th July 1915, aged 26.
Sp. Mem. A. 30.
Lived at 5 Meadows Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
Francis George Clarke
6th East Lancashire Regiment
Killed in Action 27th July 1915, aged 26.
Sp. Mem. A. 30.
Lived at 5 Meadows Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
1549 Private
James Eckersley
1/5th East Lancashire Regiment
Killed in Action 7th August 1915.
Sp. Mem. A. 137.
Lived at 12 Linby Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
James Eckersley
1/5th East Lancashire Regiment
Killed in Action 7th August 1915.
Sp. Mem. A. 137.
Lived at 12 Linby Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
Lieutenant Colonel
Robert Gartside, V. D.
8th Bn. attached Commanding 7th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
8th May 1915, aged 52.
Plot I. B. 21.
Inscription "Behind all shadows standeth god"
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Son of James Gibson Gartside and Frances Mary Gartside; husband of E. Gartside, of "Rockbank," 88, Cunningham St., Westgarth, Victoria, Australia. Native of Gisborne.
Studio portrait of Major Robert Gartside (born 1862). Gartside enlisted in the 4th Victorian Rifles in 1885, and was promoted to Major in 1903. Note the Queen's South African Medal with three clasps which he earned during the South African (Boer) War, while serving with the 3rd Imperial Australian Bushmen. He was wounded as a Lieutenant, while serving with the Bushmen, on 14 February 1901. He retired as a Major in 1903. He re-enlisted in 1914, and served as second in command of the 8th Battalion as an acting Lieutenant Colonel. He was killed in action at Gallipoli while leading a charge of the 7th battalion near Tommies' Trench at Cape Helles on 8 May 1915.
Robert Gartside, V. D.
8th Bn. attached Commanding 7th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
8th May 1915, aged 52.
Plot I. B. 21.
Inscription "Behind all shadows standeth god"
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Son of James Gibson Gartside and Frances Mary Gartside; husband of E. Gartside, of "Rockbank," 88, Cunningham St., Westgarth, Victoria, Australia. Native of Gisborne.
Studio portrait of Major Robert Gartside (born 1862). Gartside enlisted in the 4th Victorian Rifles in 1885, and was promoted to Major in 1903. Note the Queen's South African Medal with three clasps which he earned during the South African (Boer) War, while serving with the 3rd Imperial Australian Bushmen. He was wounded as a Lieutenant, while serving with the Bushmen, on 14 February 1901. He retired as a Major in 1903. He re-enlisted in 1914, and served as second in command of the 8th Battalion as an acting Lieutenant Colonel. He was killed in action at Gallipoli while leading a charge of the 7th battalion near Tommies' Trench at Cape Helles on 8 May 1915.
9557 Private
John Haney
6th Lancashire Fusiliers
Killed in Action 10th August 1915, aged 22
Sp. Mem. A. 67.
Lived at 33 Springfield Road, Burnley, Lancashire.
John Haney
6th Lancashire Fusiliers
Killed in Action 10th August 1915, aged 22
Sp. Mem. A. 67.
Lived at 33 Springfield Road, Burnley, Lancashire.
Captain
Rupert Howard Henderson, Mentioned in Despatches
7th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
Died between 8th May 1915 and 12 th May 1915, aged 22.
Special Memorial A. 70.
Inscription "Son of Geo.G. and Jessie Isabel Henderson of Victoria, Australia.
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Son of George Gabriel Henderson and Jessie Isabel Henderson, of 89, Harcourt St., Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.
Rupert Howard Henderson, Mentioned in Despatches
7th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
Died between 8th May 1915 and 12 th May 1915, aged 22.
Special Memorial A. 70.
Inscription "Son of Geo.G. and Jessie Isabel Henderson of Victoria, Australia.
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Son of George Gabriel Henderson and Jessie Isabel Henderson, of 89, Harcourt St., Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.
809 Corporal
Harold David Hogben
6th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
Died between 8th May 1915 and 16th May 1915, aged 22.
Plot I. C. 11.
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Son of Richard William and Elizabeth Hogben, of Bayne St., Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
Harold David Hogben
6th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
Died between 8th May 1915 and 16th May 1915, aged 22.
Plot I. C. 11.
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Son of Richard William and Elizabeth Hogben, of Bayne St., Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
2249 Private
Richard Howarth
1/5th East Lancashire Regiment
Died of Wounds 25th September 1915, aged 18.
Plot I. B. 11.
Lived at 19 Lyndhurst Road, Burnley, Lancashire.
Richard Howarth
1/5th East Lancashire Regiment
Died of Wounds 25th September 1915, aged 18.
Plot I. B. 11.
Lived at 19 Lyndhurst Road, Burnley, Lancashire.
