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Lala Baba Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

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262: 142:. This was an eight-month campaign fought by Commonwealth and French forces against Ottoman Empire forces to try to force the Ottoman Empire out of the war which it was hoped would open a supply route from the Mediterranean to Russia through the Dardanelles and Istanbul and to relieve the deadlock on the Western Front. 145:
Several months into the campaign, additional troops were landed at Suvla, just north of the Anzac sector and attacks launched simultaneously from the existing positions. The Suvla landing was intended to capture high ground around the bay, but delays caused by indecision and confusion allowed the
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The cemetery is sited on a small hill, Little Lala Baba, half a mile southwest of a larger, 160 high hill called Lala Baba. Lala Baba was captured on the morning of 7 August 1915, the day after the
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VC DSO is buried in the cemetery. Kenna was commissioned in 1886 and awarded his VC following the
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in Turkey. It contains the remains of some of the soldiers killed during
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defending Turks to reinforce and few of the objectives were achieved.
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Gallipoli
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Lala Baba Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
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3rd (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) Mounted Brigade
98: 75: 65: 57: 46: 38: 21: 201: 8: 34:Used for those deceased August–December 1915 260: 18: 218:Davies, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (1995). 194: 7: 248:Commonwealth War Graves Commission 128:Commonwealth War Graves Commission 28:Commonwealth War Graves Commission 16:CWGC Cemetery in Gallipoli, Turkey 14: 1: 173:in 1898. He had competed in 326: 202:Davies & Maddocks 1995 113: 103: 80: 33: 26: 114:Statistics source: 116:Battlefields 1914-1918 286:40.29000°N 26.23972°E 179:1912 Summer Olympics 140:battles at Gallipoli 282: /  167:Paul Aloysius Kenna 132:Gallipoli Peninsula 291:40.29000; 26.23972 171:Battle of Omdurman 165:Brigadier General 151:Suvla Bay Landings 124:Lala Baba Cemetery 58:Total burials 121: 120: 76:Burials by nation 52:Gallipoli, Turkey 317: 297: 296: 294: 293: 292: 287: 283: 280: 279: 278: 275: 264: 244:Cemetery details 233: 205: 199: 130:cemetery on the 19: 325: 324: 320: 319: 318: 316: 315: 314: 300: 299: 290: 288: 284: 281: 276: 273: 271: 269: 268: 240: 230: 220:Bloody Red Tabs 217: 214: 209: 208: 200: 196: 191: 163: 109: 94: 68: 53: 17: 12: 11: 5: 323: 321: 313: 312: 302: 301: 266: 265: 251: 239: 238:External links 236: 235: 234: 228: 222:. Leo Cooper. 213: 210: 207: 206: 193: 192: 190: 187: 162: 161:Notable graves 159: 119: 118: 111: 110: 104: 101: 100: 99:Burials by war 96: 95: 93: 92: 81: 78: 77: 73: 72: 69: 66: 63: 62: 59: 55: 54: 51: 48: 44: 43: 40: 36: 35: 31: 30: 24: 23: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 322: 311: 308: 307: 305: 298: 295: 263: 259: 255: 252: 249: 245: 242: 241: 237: 231: 229:0-85052-463-6 225: 221: 216: 215: 211: 203: 198: 195: 188: 186: 184: 180: 176: 172: 168: 160: 158: 156: 155:grave markers 152: 147: 143: 141: 137: 133: 129: 125: 117: 112: 107: 102: 97: 90: 87: 86: 84: 83:Allied Powers 79: 74: 70: 64: 60: 56: 49: 45: 41: 37: 32: 29: 25: 20: 267: 258:Find a Grave 219: 212:Bibliography 204:, p. 80 197: 175:horse riding 164: 148: 144: 123: 122: 289: / 138:during the 136:World War I 106:World War I 39:Established 277:26°14′23″E 274:40°17′24″N 189:References 50:near  22:Lala Baba 304:Category 67:Unknowns 47:Location 177:in the 89:British 226:  126:is a 108:: 216 91:: 200 224:ISBN 42:1919 256:at 61:216 306:: 246:. 185:. 85:: 71:53 250:. 232:.

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Allied Powers
British
World War I
Battlefields 1914-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Gallipoli Peninsula
World War I
battles at Gallipoli
Suvla Bay Landings
grave markers
Paul Aloysius Kenna
Battle of Omdurman
horse riding
1912 Summer Olympics
3rd (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) Mounted Brigade
Davies & Maddocks 1995
ISBN
0-85052-463-6
Cemetery details
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Lala Baba Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
Find a Grave
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40°17′24″N 26°14′23″E / 40.29000°N 26.23972°E / 40.29000; 26.23972
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Gallipoli

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