Suda Bay War Cemetery | |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
Used for those deceased | |
Location | 35°30′0″N 24°3′40″E Chania Municipality, Greece |
Total burials | 1,564 |
Statistics source: Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
The Souda Bay War Cemetery is a military cemetery administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at Souda Bay, Crete, Greece. It contains 19 burials from World War I and 731 World War II burials where the body was identified along with another 776 burials of bodies which are unable to be identified (Battle of Crete). It was designed by architect Louis de Soissons.
In the South East corner of the cemetery is a pillar memorial to the Seaforth Highlanders and their part in the international occupation of Crete, in the period March to November 1897.