The V Beach Cemetery is located at Ertuğrul Bay (V Beach) at a location close to sea level. The Allied powers used the code “V” for Ertuğrul Bay (V Beach), the main landing point. A synchronous landing operation with other bays was launched against this position by the 1st Royal Dublin, Royal Munster Fusiliers and 2nd Hampshire troops. The River Clyde was brought to Ertuğrul Bay (V Beach) as a special landing ship but turned into a deathtrap for the Allies as the ship ran aground at the most dangerous position during landing. The soldiers disembarking from the ship with the sign of the battleship Commander Major Unwin were mowed down as they left the ship. The lash ships known as auxiliary ships were filled with dead and wounded. As May 19, 1915 is considered the day with the highest casualties by the Turks, April 25, 1915 was the day with the highest casualties for the Allies. The landing operation was repelled with a powerful defense; however, Sedd el Bahr village and Castle were captured another day by the British, and Ertuğrul Bay (V Beach) was thus secured.

The cemetery was built right after the landing operation and certain graves were transferred after the Armistice. The soldiers of the Allied Powers who lost their lives during the battle of Sedd el Bahr were interred in this area. There are 696 British soldiers thought to be interred in the cemetery located beneath the Ertuğrul Bastion, covering an area of 2,045 m2.

Air Commodore Royal Naval Air Service Charles Rumney Samson 
“We saw lighters were filled with dead and the bay a red sea of blood”