David Anderson ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

Private David A. 11316 Seaforth Highlanders died
Amara Mesopptamia 8.9.1916 17 1/2

AMARA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Iraq
Locality:
unspecified
Visiting Information:
THE COMMISSION STRONGLY ADVISES THAT THE FOREIGN ANDCOMMONWEALTH OFFICE SHOULD BE CONTACTED BEFOREATTEMPTING TO VISIT IRAQ. Their details are as follows: Travel AdviceUnit Consular Division Foreign and Commonwealth Office Old AdmiraltyBuilding London SW1A 2AF Tel: 0207 008 0232/0233 Fax: 0207 0080164 Website: http://www.fco.gov.uk/ Opening Times: Monday to Friday09.30 - 16.00
Location Information:
Amara is a town on the left bank of the Tigris some 520 kilometres from thesea. The War Cemetery is a little east of the town between the left bank ofthe river and the Chahaila Canal.
Historical Information:
Amara was occupied by the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force on 3 June1915 and it immediately became a hospital centre. The accommodation formedical units on both banks of the Tigris was greatly increased during 1916and in April 1917, seven general hospitals and some smaller units werestationed there. Amara War Cemetery contains 4,621 burials of the FirstWorld War, more than 3,000 of which were brought into the cemetery afterthe Armistice. 925 of the graves are unidentified. In 1933, all of theheadstones were removed from this cemetery when it was discovered thatsalts in the soil were causing them to deteriorate. Instead a screen wall waserected with the names of those buried in the cemetery engraved upon it. PlotXXV is a Collective Grave, the individual burial places within this are notknown. There are also seven non-war graves in the cemetery.
No. of Identified Casualties:
3703 ²