Tehran Memorial

Tehran War Cemetery
Tehran War Cemetery
Details
Established	1962
Location	Gholhak, Tehran
Country	Iran
Coordinates	35°46′35″N 51°26′19″E / 35.7765°N 51.4387°E
Type	Military Cemetery
Owned by	Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Size	20,000 m
No. of graves	551
Website	Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Find a Grave	Tehran War Cemetery

Tehran War Cemetery (Persian: گورستان کمیسیون جنگ‌های مشترک‌المنافع) is a war cemetery located in Gholhak Garden in the Iranian capital city of Tehran and located within the British Embassy residential compound^[1]^[2] and is where over 500 British and Commonwealth soldiers who perished in the First and Second World Wars are buried.^[1] The site includes the Tehran Memorial, dedicated to those who have no known grave or whose grave is unmaintained.^[2]^[3] The cemetery is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

The cemetery also has markers for those who died in Persia and Russia without graves.

Gallery

Tehran War Cemetery

References

^ ^a ^b Michael Theodoulou (22 November 2011). "Iran fines British embassy for 'environmental vandalism' in Tehran compound". The National. Archived from the original on 27 November 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Tehran War Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
^ "Tehran Memorial". Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

External links

Tehran War Cemetery at Find a Grave

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[national-1] Michael Theodoulou (22 November 2011). "Iran fines British embassy for 'environmental vandalism' in Tehran compound". The National. Archived from the original on 27 November 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2011.

[cwgc-tehran-war-cemetery-2] "Tehran War Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2011.

[cwgc-tehran-memorial-3] "Tehran Memorial". Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

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