CLAYHALL CEMETERY TURKISH BURIAL PLOT

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Reference WMO/102865

Address:

Haslar Navy Cemetery

Clayhall Road

Gosport

PO12 2AZ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Other monument
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Non-Specific Conflict
About the memorial: Burial plot in Clayhall cemetery with white marble headstone and kurbstone for each burial with Turkish flag and name. Main plaque of white veined marble. Red Turkish Star and crescent insignia at top. Black incised lettering. (plaque clearly erected in 20th century as Turkish inscription is in roman, not arabic lettering). Metal plaque over entrance to cemetery plot has gilt lettering and blue background. Gilt anchors in each corner.. 22 graves of the crew of 26 Turkish ships who died of cholera whilst in Portsmouth in the 1850s hence actually non-combat
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TURK DENIZ SEHITLIGI/ BURASI BAHRIYE ASKERLERININ YATTIGI YERDIR/ DENIZCILER RAHMET/ DIYARINA YELKEN ACTILAR/ TANRI KATINA BOYLECE ULASTILAR/ VE BURADA EBEDI ISTIRAHATGAHLARINDALAR/ THIS IS THE RESTING PLACE OF THE MEMBERS/ OF THE TURKISH NAVY/ THEY SET SAIL FOR ETERNITY/ MET THEIR CREATOR,/ AND HERE THEY ARE LAID TO ETERNAL REST./ 1850 PLAQUE OVER GATE: TURK DENIZ SEHITLIGI/ TURKISH NAVAL CEMETERY/ 1850

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