British, French and other Allied troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 25 April 1915 at Cape Helles in the south whilst Australian and New Zealand troops (the ANZAC corps) landed on the west coast. Courtney's Post was named after Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Courtney of the 14th Australian Infantry Battalion who took command of it on 27 April. Steel's Post, named after Major Thomas Steel was just to the South West of it. Both positions were captured on the day of the landings and held until the Allies withdrew in December. The cemetery contains special memorials to 58 casualties believed to be buried amongst 160 unidentified graves.
Steel's Post was officially, but incorrectly, named Steele's Post.[1] The inscription on the cemetery follows this spelling and labels it Courtney's and Steele's Post[2] but the CWGC lists the cemetery as Courtney's and Steel's Post.[3]
courtney, steel, post, cemetery, commonwealth, graves, commission, cemetery, located, near, anzac, cove, gallipoli, peninsula, turkey, contains, graves, some, former, british, empire, troops, died, during, gallipoli, campaign, courtney, steel, postcommonwealth. Courtney s and Steel s Post Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery located near ANZAC Cove on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey It contains the graves of some of the former British Empire troops who died during the Gallipoli Campaign Courtney s and Steel s PostCommonwealth War Graves CommissionUsed for those deceased April December 1915Established1919Locationnear Gallipoli TurkeyTotal burials225Unknowns160Burials by nationAllied Powers Australia 60 British 4 New Zealand 1Burials by warWorld War I 225Statistics source Battlefields 1914 1918 The campaign lasted eight months and was fought by British Empire and French forces against the Ottoman Empire in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea British French and other Allied troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 25 April 1915 at Cape Helles in the south whilst Australian and New Zealand troops the ANZAC corps landed on the west coast Courtney s Post was named after Lieutenant Colonel Richard Courtney of the 14th Australian Infantry Battalion who took command of it on 27 April Steel s Post named after Major Thomas Steel was just to the South West of it Both positions were captured on the day of the landings and held until the Allies withdrew in December The cemetery contains special memorials to 58 casualties believed to be buried amongst 160 unidentified graves Contents 1 Spelling 2 References 3 Notes 4 External linksSpelling editSteel s Post was officially but incorrectly named Steele s Post 1 The inscription on the cemetery follows this spelling and labels it Courtney s and Steele s Post 2 but the CWGC lists the cemetery as Courtney s and Steel s Post 3 References editCemetery details Commonwealth War Graves Commission Courtney s and Steel s Post Cemetery Visit Gallipoli Archived from the original on 2008 07 22 Retrieved 2008 08 05 Notes edit Courtney s and Steel s Post Cemetery Battlefields 1914 1918 Retrieved 2008 08 05 Courtney s and Steel s Post Cemetery WW1cemeteries com Archived from the original on 2012 02 10 Retrieved 2008 08 05 Courtney s and Steel s Post Cemetery CWGC Retrieved 2008 08 05 External links editCourtney s and Steel s Post Cemetery at Find a Grave nbsp 40 14 08 N 26 17 20 E 40 23556 N 26 28889 E 40 23556 26 28889 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Courtney 27s and Steel 27s Post Cemetery amp oldid 1142358175, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
