Dedeagatch British Cemetery
- Country Greece
- Total identified casualties 67 Find these casualties
- Identified casualties from First & Second World War
- GPS Coordinates Latitude: 40.85102, Longitude: 25.8712
Location information
The cemetery is in the town of Alexandroupolis (formerly Dedeagatch) and is on the north eastern shore of the Aegean sea, close to the border with Turkey. The cemetery is approximately 325 km north east of Thessaloniki on the E90 motorway to Turkey. From the motorway take the second exit to Alexandroupolis and proceed on Irodotou Street for approximately 1 km until you reach a roundabout. Take the second exit onto Kaviri Street and proceed for 200 metres where the cemetery is located on the left, adjacent to a childrens playground.
Visiting information
ARRIVAL
The route to the cemetery is signposted.
PARKING
There is no car park at the cemetery, there is off street parking along a residential street approximately 20 metres from the main entrance.
The ground is flat with a compacted stone surface.
The pavement is a step up from the road surface, with a narrow, recessed drainage channel alongside the pavement.
ACCESS, LAYOUT AND MAIN ENTRANCE
A pathway, approximately 20 metres long and 3 metres wide leads to a locked metal gate in front of the cemetery entrance. (The gate is unlocked when staff are working onsite.)
There is a sign with a phone number to call to obtain the key (see below) at the main entrance.
There is a concrete ramp leading up to the gate to the main entrance. The gate opens onto a flat grass surface.
A second decorative latched metal gate, approximately 1 metre wide, opens inwards into the cemetery.
The cemetery is rectangular shaped with Gallipoli markers.
A small Cross is positioned at the back of the cemetery, on a wall, at the furthest point from the main entrance.
There are no seating areas or benches at the cemetery.
There is no Register Box at the cemetery.
All internal paths in the cemetery are grass and are level.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The cemetery is permanently locked.
A key to the main gate is available from the local contractor; please telephone +306874 105373.
It is possible to access the cemetery if the gardener/caretaker is at the site.
History information
Dedeagatch (now Alexandroupolis) belonged to Turkey until 1913, and to Bulgaria from 1913 to 1919. It was bombarded by an Allied squadron in October 1915 and was occupied by Commonwealth forces in October 1918. No 31 Casualty Clearing Station was posted in the town until the end of the year.
The cemetery was used from October to December 1918 and after the Armistice, 18 graves were brought in from other cemeteries, 13 of them from Kavalla Anglo-French Cemetery. Kavalla was a port of call for hospital ships in November 1918.
The cemetery now contains 64 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There are also two Second World War burials and 16 burials of other nationalities, mostly Serbian civilians.