Skew Bridge Cemetery
Skew Bridge Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery containing the remains of Allied troops who died during the Battle of Gallipoli, including the youngest British soldier.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: British war graves cemetery in Helles, Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Turkey
- Also known as: “Skew Bridge Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Çanakkale Martyrs’ Memorial and French cemetery of Seddul Bahr.
Çanakkale Martyrs’ Memorial
Park
Photo: Onderkokturk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial is a war memorial commemorating the service of about 253,000 Turkish soldiers who participated at the Battle of Gallipoli, which took place from April 1915 to December 1915 during the First World War. Çanakkale Martyrs’ Memorial is situated 2 km southeast of Skew Bridge Cemetery.
French cemetery of Seddul Bahr
Cemetery
Photo: Dudva, CC BY-SA 4.0.
French cemetery of Seddul Bahr is situated 1 km east of Skew Bridge Cemetery.
Pink Farm Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Dudva, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pink Farm Cemetery is a small Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I located near the village of Krithia on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. Pink Farm Cemetery is situated 1½ km northwest of Skew Bridge Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sedd el Bahr and Alçıtepe.
Sedd el Bahr
Village
Photo: Jll, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Sedd el Bahr is a village in the Eceabat District, Çanakkale Province, Turkey. It is located at Cape Helles on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey. The village lies east of the cape, on the shore of the Dardanelles.
Alçıtepe
Village
Photo: Hüseyin Öcal, CC BY 3.0.
Alçıtepe, also known by its former name, Krithia, is a small village in Turkey on a commanding high plateau, about 4 miles from Cape Helles, the tip of the Thracian Chersonesos, now Gallipoli Peninsula. Alçıtepe is situated 4½ km northeast of Skew Bridge Cemetery.
Kumkale
Village
Kumkale is a village in Çanakkale Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,016. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Kumkale is situated 9 km south of Skew Bridge Cemetery.
Skew Bridge Cemetery
- Categories: Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery and burial
- Location: Çanakkale Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
40.05966° or 40° 3′ 35″ northLongitude
26.20012° or 26° 12′ 0″ eastOpen location code
8GG83652+V2OpenStreetMap ID
way 217554477OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q7534787
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Skew Bridge Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “斜桥公墓”
- Hungarian: “Skew Bridge katonai temető”
- Turkish: “Skew Bridge Mezarlığı”
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Highlights include French Memorial and Yalçi Tepe.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Skew Bridge Cemetery”. Photo: Jll, CC BY-SA 3.0.