Baku Memorial
Also known as Baku British Military Memorial
Baku, Baki City District, Azerbaijan
The memorial can be found within the large cemetery near Parliament Building, which also houses the tomb of the unknown warrior. This will be found on high ground overlooking the bay. A funicular railway can be taken from the promenade. The memorial itself will be found in a small secluded section to the left of the Avenue des Martres. Set on a lower terrace, the Baku Memorial is some 100 metres behind the Turkish Memorial.
The memorial commemorates 47 Commonwealth casualties of the First World War who died in Azerbaijan. 45 were buried in Baku British Military Cemetery and 2 in Shusha Armenian Cemetery whose graves are now lost.
The memorial can be found within the large cemetery near Parliament Building, which also houses the tomb of the unknown warrior. This will be found on high ground overlooking the bay. A funicular railway can be taken from the promenade. The memorial itself will be found in a small secluded section to the left of the Avenue des Martres. Set on a lower terrace, the Baku Memorial is some 100 metres behind the Turkish Memorial.
The memorial commemorates 47 Commonwealth casualties of the First World War who died in Azerbaijan. 45 were buried in Baku British Military Cemetery and 2 in Shusha Armenian Cemetery whose graves are now lost.
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Baku, Baki City District, Azerbaijan
- Total memorials137
- Percent photographed1%
- Percent with GPS98%
Baku, Baki City District, Azerbaijan
- Total memorials286
- Percent photographed87%
- Percent with GPS6%
Baku, Baki City District, Azerbaijan
- Total memorials44
- Percent photographed82%
- Percent with GPS82%
Baku, Baki City District, Azerbaijan
- Total memorials210
- Percent photographed100%
- Percent with GPS0%
- Added: 7 Nov 2007
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2238804
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