French commemoration at Gallipoli

ICI, ALENTOUR, REPOSENT 11 SOLDATS SENEGALAIS MORTS POUR LA PATRIE FRANÇAISE 1919–1923. Photographed September 2017.

French cemetery, Gelibolu

Type

Cemetery

Location

Muhittin Reis Cd. No:18, Gelibolu

Graves

1

Notes

One monument, with inscription:

ICI, ALENTOUR, REPOSENT
11 SOLDATS SENEGALAIS
MORTS POUR
LA PATRIE FRANÇAISE
1919–1923

One named grave:

Paul BOUTONNET
INFANTERIE COLONIALE
1 NOVEMBRE 1922

The cemetery has a tower that is stylistically similar to the one erected at Seddul-Bahr, and probably dates to the same period.

See http://levantineheritage.com/note74.htm

Images (2)

ICI, ALENTOUR, REPOSENT 11 SOLDATS SENEGALAIS MORTS POUR LA PATRIE FRANÇAISE 1919–1923. Photographed September 2017.
Photographed September 2017.

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Location: Muhittin Reis Cd. No:18, Gelibolu
Approximate coordinates: 40.410984, 26.677847