In Memory of
H. J. SMART
Private
1064
5th Bn., Royal Irish Regiment
who died on
Sunday, 26th September 1915.
Commemorative Information
| Cemetery: |
GREEN HILL CEMETERY, Turkey |
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: |
I. A. 7.
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| Location: |
Green Hill and Chocolate Hill (which form
together Yilghin Burnu) are adjoining eminences, about 52 metres above
sea level, which rise almost from the eastern shore of the Salt Lake.
The cemetery lies on the east side of the Anzac-Suvla Road and can be
seen from Suvla and from Anzac. It is shaped like a cross and the pylon
stands in the middle.
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| Historical Information: |
From 6 August 1915, in an effort to relieve
the deadlock of the Gallipoli campaign, IX Corps, comprising the 10th
(Irish) and 11th (Northern) Divisions, together with the 53rd (Welsh)
and 54th (East Anglian) Divisions, landed on the low sandy shores of
Suvla Bay. The aim had been to quickly secure the sparsely held high
ground surrounding the bay and salt lake, but confused landings and
indecision caused fatal delays allowing the Turks to reinforce and only
a few of the objectives were taken with difficulty. Green Hill and
Chocolate Hill (which form togetehr Yilghin Burnu), rise from the
eastern shore of the salt lake. They were captured on 7 August 1915 by
the 6th Lincolns and the 6th Border Regiment but once taken, no further
advance was then made. On the two following days, unsuccessful efforts
were made to push on along the ridge of 'W' Hill (Ismail Oglu Tepe),
leading to Anafarta Sagir and on the 21 August, the attack of the 11th
and 29th Divisions and the 2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade to take
Scimitar Hill, although pressed with great resolution, left the front
line where it had been. Green Hill Cemetery was made after the Armistice
when isolated graves were brought in from the battlefields of August,
1915 and from small burial grounds in the surrounding area. Among these
was the cemetery at Scimitar Hill, containing 520 graves, almost all
unidentified. There are now 2,971 servicemen of the First World War
buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 2,472 of the burials are
unidentified but special memorials commemorate a number of casualties
known of believed to be buried among them. |
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