The Daily Telegraph reported on 10 November 2013 that the cemetery has been completely destroyed, with all 4,000 headstones knocked down and broken by looters and vandals.[1]
basra, cemetery, military, cemetery, basra, iraq, built, soldiers, killed, during, mesopotamian, campaign, first, world, maintained, commonwealth, graves, commission, until, 2007, those, buried, cemetery, include, victoria, cross, recipient, george, godfrey, m. The Basra War Cemetery was a military cemetery in Basra Iraq built for soldiers killed during the Mesopotamian campaign in the First World War It was maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission until 2007 1 2 Those buried at the cemetery include Victoria Cross recipient George Godfrey Massy Wheeler and Henry Howard 19th Earl of Suffolk citation needed The Daily Telegraph reported on 10 November 2013 that the cemetery has been completely destroyed with all 4 000 headstones knocked down and broken by looters and vandals 1 See also editAmara War Cemetery Basra MemorialReferences edit a b Iraq cemetery containing graves of British servicemen is destroyed the Telegraph 10 November 2013 Archived from the original on 10 November 2013 Basra War Cemetery Commonwealth War Graves Commission Retrieved 27 April 2016 External links editBasra War Cemetery at Find a Grave nbsp 30 31 51 N 47 49 13 E 30 5309400 N 47 8202000 E 30 5309400 47 8202000 nbsp This military related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This cemetery related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Basra War Cemetery amp oldid 1144775729, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
