| Jerusalem War Cemetery | |
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| Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
 Jerusalem War Cemetery | |
| Used for those deceased | |
| Location | 31°47′54″N35°14′23″E / 31.79833°N 35.23972°E /31.79833; 35.23972 near Jerusalem, Israel |
| Designed by | John James Burnet |
| Burials by war | |
| Statistics source:Cemetery details.Commonwealth War Graves Commission. | |
TheJerusalem War Cemetery is aCommonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery inJerusalem for fallen servicemen of theCommonwealth in theWorld War I in thePalestine campaign.The main cemetery is located onMount Scopus next to theHadassah hospital and theHebrew University of Jerusalem campus, 4.5 km north of theOld City of Jerusalem.[1]
The cemetery contains the graves of 2,515 Commonwealth service personnel (including 100 unidentified), a number of whom were removed from at least seven other cemeteries in the area where they could not be maintained. A small Jewish section is near Plot 'N'. Units from Australia, New Zealand, India, Egypt, South Africa and the British West Indies are also represented besides those of the United Kingdom.[1] A small number of German and Turkish dead also are buried at the cemetery.
Notable burials include MajorPhilip Glazebrook, BritishConservativemember of parliament.[2]
The cemetery also contains the Jerusalem Memorial to 3,300 Commonwealth service personnel who died on operations in the same war in Egypt and Palestine and have no known grave. Its architect wasJohn James Burnet and the sculptorGilbert Bayes. It was unveiled on 7 May 1927 byLord Allenby, who had been British commander-in-chief in the Middle East. The memorial incorporates a chapel with a mosaic that was designed byRobert Anning Bell.[1]
Notable commemoratees include New Zealandrugby union international, TrooperEric Harper.[3]
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