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Basra (Iraq)

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The Basra War Memorial
Photo : Trinity School Cumbria

Until 1997 the Basra Memorial was located on the main quay of the naval dockyard at Maqil, on the west bank of the Shatt-al-Arab, about 8 kilometres north of Basra. Because of the sensitivity of the site, the Memorial was moved by presidential decree. The move, carried out by the authorities in Iraq, involved a considerable amount of manpower, transport costs and sheer engineering on their part, and the Memorial has been re-erected in its entirety. The Basra Memorial is now located 32 kilometres along the road to Nasiriyah, in the middle of what was a major battleground during the first Gulf War.

The Basra Memorial commemorates more than 40,500 members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the operations in Mesopotamia from the Autumn of 1914 to the end of August 1921 and whose graves are not known.
(Ref: Commonwealth War Graves Commission.)

The above photograph, although it appears on the Trinity School website, appears on other internet websites and therefore its correct attribution is not known.

A photograph of one of the memorial panels is shown below, as an example.

A two volume Roll of Honour listing all casualties buried and commemorated in Iraq has been produced. These volumes are on display at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Head Office in Maidenhead and are available for the public to view.

14 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on the memorial.

Private Frederick George Bramley. 58990. 8th Battalion Cheshire Regiment, formerly 8693 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Charles and Agnes Bramley. Served 9 years in India with Yorkshire Regt. Killed 30 April 1918. Aged 30.
Born Basingstoke (Hants), Enlisted Aldershot (Hants).
Commemorated Panel 14 and 62, BASRA MEMORIAL.

Serjeant Thomas Campling, MM. 49072. 8th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, formerly 8844 Yorkshire Regiment. Died 6 November 1918.
Born All Saints' (Middlesbrough), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 15, BASRA MEMORIAL

Private James Edward Darling, 103743. Marchine Gun Corps, formerly 22777 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Eliza Darling, of 93, Cander St., Scarborough. Killed 17 August 1918.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 41, BASRA MEMORIAL

Serjeant William James Gill. 23832. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, attached to Supply and Transport Corps. Killed 1 December 1915.
Born Sangor (India), Enlisted Rawalpindi, Resided Lahore (India).
Commemorated Panel 14, BASRA MEMORIAL.

Private Richard Humfrays. 49090. 8th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, formerly 8619 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard Humfrays, of 19, Cross St., Scarborough, Yorks. Died 25 January 1917. Aged 30.
Born St. Mary's (Scarborough), Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 15, BASRA MEMORIAL.

Private Joseph Hurd. 59000. 8th Battalion Cheshire Regiment, formerly 9621 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Maria Hurd, of 46, Seamer Rd., Scarborough, Yorks. Died 1 February 1917. Aged 26.
Born St. James (Scarborough), Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Panel 14 and 62, BASRA MEMORIAL.

Private Daniel Maloney. 59004. 8th Battalion Cheshire Regiment, formerly 9126 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 30 April 1917.
Born Poplar (London), Enlisted London.
Commemorated Panel 14 and 62, BASRA MEMORIAL.

Lance Corporal Frederick Meloy. 59005. 8th Battalion Cheshire Regiment, formerly 8643 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Meloy, of 54, Sheringham Avenue, Manor Park, Essex. Killed 30 April 1917. Aged 27.
Born Barking (London), Enlisted Stratford E, Resided Manor Park (London).
Commemorated Panel 14 and 62, BASRA MEMORIAL.

Serjeant Edward Miller. 59007. 8th Battalion Cheshire Regiment, formerly 8644 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 February 1917.
Born Redhill (Surrey), Enlisted Stratford, Resided Canning Town (Essex).
Commemorated Panel 14 and 62, BASRA MEMORIAL.

Lance Serjeant John O'Neill. 49078. 8th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, formerly 9264 the Yorkshire Regiment.Killed 15 February 1917.
Born St. Hilda's (Middlesbrough), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 15, BASRA MEMORIAL.

Serjeant John Orton. 59011. 8th Battalion Cheshire Regiment, formerly 9624 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 July 1917.
Born South Bank (Middlesbrough - Yorks), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 14 and 62, BASRA MEMORIAL.

Serjeant Harry Hylton Reed, 35265. 185th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 24278 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Mary Reed, of 91, Gilmour St., Thornaby-on-Tees; husband of Laura Lewis (formerly Reed), of 16, Winston St., Stockton-on-Tees. Killed 15 February 1917. Aged 27.
Born Thornaby (Yorks), Enlisted Thirsk.
Commemorated Panel 41, BASRA MEMORIAL.

Corporal John Henry Roberts, 49080. 8th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, formerly 8803 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Sarah Jane Roberts, of 14, Oakfield Rd., Leicester, and the late Nathaniel Roberts. Killed 15 February 1917. Aged 30.
Born St. George's (Leicester), Enlisted Leicester.
Commemorated Panel 15, BASRA MEMORIAL.

Captain Christopher Codrington Stewart. 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis), attd. 16th Inf. Bde. (Staff Captain). Mentioned in Despatches. Died 24 November 1915. Aged 31.
Commemorated Panel 53 and 67, BASRA MEMORIAL
From "Officers of the Green Howards 1688 - 1931" by M L Ferrar;-
Born in London 4 October 884, only son of Major-General Hopton Scott Stewart, Indian Army.
2nd Lieut., 10 October 1903. Indian Army, 6 February 1905; Lieut., 10 January 1906; Captain 10 October 1912.
Serve din Mesopotamia and took part in the action at Kut-el-Amara, 28 September 1915.
Killed at the battle of Ctesiphon, 22/24 November 1915.

Lance Corporal Herbert Waite. 49100. 8th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, formerly 8591 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Waite, of 55, Rendel Rd., Custom House, London. Killed 25 January 1917. Aged 28.
Born Poplar (London), Enlisted Stratford (London).
Commemorated Panel 15, BASRA MEMORIAL.

Private Joseph Thomas Walton. 9685. 133rd Coy Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 20703 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas Walton; husband of Etty Walton, of 1, Elgin St., Glasshouse St., Hunslet, Leeds. Killed 25 March 1917. Aged 32.
Enlisted Leeds.
Commemorated Panel 41, BASRA MEMORIAL.

One of the Panels on the Basra War Memorial
Photo : Kansas WW1

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