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The Basra Memorial is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission war memorial near Zubayr, Iraq. The memorial commemorates 40,682 Commonwealth forces (99% Indians) 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. Originally located eight kilometres north of Basra, near the Shatt al-Arab River, it was moved southwest in 1997 to a battleground from the much more recent Gulf War.

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rdfs:label	Basra Memorial (en)
rdfs:comment	The Basra Memorial is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission war memorial near Zubayr, Iraq. The memorial commemorates 40,682 Commonwealth forces (99% Indians) 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. Originally located eight kilometres north of Basra, near the Shatt al-Arab River, it was moved southwest in 1997 to a battleground from the much more recent Gulf War. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Middle Eastern theatre of World War I Commonwealth War Graves Commission Gilbert Clayton Basra War Cemetery Buildings and structures completed in 1929 Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorials Amara War Cemetery Edward Prioleau Warren Regiment Gulf War Iraq Shatt al-Arab Zubayr Mesopotamian Campaign
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commemorates	First World War missing, presumed dead from the Mesopotamia campaign and have no known grave. (en)
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has abstract	The Basra Memorial is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission war memorial near Zubayr, Iraq. The memorial commemorates 40,682 Commonwealth forces (99% Indians) 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. Originally located eight kilometres north of Basra, near the Shatt al-Arab River, it was moved southwest in 1997 to a battleground from the much more recent Gulf War. The Telegraph reported on 10 November 2013 that the memorial had suffered deliberate sabotage, with some of the its items missing which include the Cross of Remembrance and the bronze plaques from the Wall of Remembrance, carrying the names of the fallen. The BBC reported that Colin Kerr, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission publicity director, said that a total of 30,000 Indian soldiers are not named on the Basra memorial, despite fallen British soldiers being named, only Indian officers are accorded with the honour. The deaths of the non-commissioned men are commemorated by regiment but simply as "and 258 other Indian soldiers" or "and 272 other Indian soldiers." Kerr added that the commission knows their identities and has launched a project to find ways to publicise them both in India and in Britain. (en)
inscription	AND TO THE HONOURED MEMORY (en) AND WHOSE GRAVES (en) ARE NOT KNOWN (en) IN THE YEARS 1914–1921 (en) OF THE ARMIES OF (en) OF THESE OFFICERS AND MEN (en) THE BRITISH EMPIRE (en) TO THE GLORY OF GOD (en) WHO FELL IN THE IRAQ CAMPAIGN (en)
nearest town	Iraq Zubayr
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Bill Pepper David Finlay (VC) Humphrey Firman Commonwealth War Graves Commission George Stuart Henderson Basra War Cemetery Tom Kelly (footballer, born 1885) William Wallace Allison Burn Albert Tye Amara War Cemetery History of Jews in Kingston upon Hull List of Commonwealth War Graves Commission World War I memorials to the missing James Fynn James Maxwell (footballer, born 1887) Blackmoor War Memorial Ian Donald Roy McDonald Basra War Memorial
is Wikipage redirect of	Basra War Memorial
is resting place of	Ian Donald Roy McDonald
is foaf:primaryTopic of	wikipedia-en:Basra_Memorial

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