Basra Memorial

Basra Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
For First World War missing, presumed dead from the Mesopotamia campaign and have no known grave.
Unveiled	27 March 1929
Location	38R QU 44571 67122 near Zubayr, Iraq
Designed by	Edward Prioleau Warren
Total commemorated	40682
Statistics source: Cemetery Details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

The Basra Memorial is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission war memorial near Zubayr, Iraq. The memorial commemorates 40,682 Commonwealth forces members who died during the Mesopotamian Campaign, from the Autumn of 1914 to the end of August 1921, and whose graves are not known. The memorial was designed by Edward Prioleau Warren. It was unveiled by Gilbert Clayton on 27 March 1929.^[1]

Its present situation , in Iraq, and at the center of a war zone, is unclear and there is a apprehension that it is probably seriously damaged or even largely destroyed. .

See also

• Amara War Cemetery
• Basra War Cemetery

References

1. "Basra Memorial". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 2013-12-28.