The cemetery is located on the northeast of W Beach and about 500 m inside. The name of the cemetery located on the eastern slope of Hill 114 comes from the Lancashire Fusiliers Battalion that landed on W Beach on April 25, 1915. The troops of the battalion involved in the landing operation failed to land on the ground due to heavy artillery fire. The Battalion was repulsed by the 26th Regiment, 3rd Battalion 12th Company of the Turkish forces. Though the Allies retaliated with artillery fire from the battleships HMS Swiftsure and HMS Albion, the landing operation did not come to fruition.
The following is inscribed next to the monolith located at the cemetery entrance on a substantially large area: The 29th Division landed on this coast on April 25th 1915. It is known that 1,236 people are interred in the cemetery. Six British soldiers of the 1st Battalion were awarded the Victoria Cross (VC), and are known as the before the breakfast 6 VC in literature. (The following soldiers were awarded the Order: Captain Richard Raymond, Sergeant Frank Edward Stubbs, Sergeant Alfred Joseph Richards, Private William Keneally, Corporal John Elisha Grimshaw, and Captain Cuthbert Bromley). Additionally, the Australian Private Albert Jacka was the first soldier to be awarded the “VC” by the Allied Powers during the Lone Pine Battles of May 19.
A British aviator flying over the Ertuğrul Cove
“Sea was “absolutely red with blood” for a distance of 50 yards from the shore. W Beach was a horrible site to see.”
Captain R. R. Willis, Commander of 3rd Squadron
“The sea was like glass. No signs of life on the Peninsula. Then we heard a crash. Everyone fought for his own life due to the fire that licked up the shore and the life boats. The fast and unerring fires of the machine guns made havoc of the soldiers. Someone on the adjacent rock cried “Come on the third company; come on boys Remember Minden!” This was a caution signaling that we were in trouble.”10 (Minden is the war that French were beaten by the British on August 1st 1759).
