Basra War Memorial
Photos from July 2024 including all 68 panels of the Basra War Memorial can be found online at the Facebook Group Friends of Basra War Cemetery. The Monument is the 3rd largest Commonwealth Monument in the world after Ypres and the Menin Gate and the only one in the top 5 outside Europe. The monument commemorates over 40K men and some women who died with no known grave during the disastrous Mesopotamia campaign against the Ottoman Empire. 5 VC holders are listed on the monument.
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