Allied Cemetery of Moudros (ANZAC)

The ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) military cemetery in Moudros is the principal burial ground for British Commonwealth and Entente forces on Lemnos. It lies beside the village’s Christian cemetery on the east side of the bay, 25 km from Myrina. During World War I, Moudros was a key Allied naval base for the Dardanelles campaign, and the cemetery was used from April 1915 to September 1919. In total, it contains 885 burials, mostly in individual graves, while two special sections honor Muslim and Hindu soldiers, with inscriptions acknowledging their sacrifice. Dominating the site are the Stone of Remembrance and the Cross of Sacrifice, similar to those at Gallipoli. The grounds also include French and British memorials, as well as 28 graves of Russian soldiers and one woman who took refuge on Lemnos in 1921 after events in Russia. At the very center of the cemetery stands a French monument, a four-sided block of local black stone dedicated to the dead of the Gallipoli campaign, erected at the initiative of veterans’ associations.