Cemetery Details

Cemetery:	IRINGA CEMETERY
Country:	Tanzania
Locality:	unspecified
Visiting Information:	As the cemetery has no permanent staff, it is kept locked with coded padlock. If you are intending to visit this site, the code to the padlock can be obtained from our office in Kenya on 00 254 2038 70594. Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200.
Location Information:	Iringa is on the top of a mountain, 505 kilometres west of Dar-Es-Salaam via Morogoro. To find the cemetery, start at the Municipal Offices and take the road for Dodoma. Within 100 metres turn right down the hill, past the Iringa Hotel (signposted). At the bottom of the hill turn right and the cemetery is immediately on your right set amongst trees.
Historical Information:	At the outbreak of the First World War Tanzania was the core of German East Africa. From the invasion of April 1915, Commonwealth forces fought a protracted and difficult campaign against a relatively small but highly skilled German force under the command of General von Lettow-Vorbeck. When the Germans finally surrendered on 23 November 1918, twelve days after the European armistice, their numbers had been reduced to 155 European and 1,168 African troops. Iringa was captured in September 1916 and an officers' hospital was posted in the town. Twelve burials were made in Iringa Cemetery from May 1916, to December 1917, and after the Armistice 135 graves were brought in from other burial grounds. Iringa Cemetery now contains 131 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and one from the Second World War. The Commission also cares for 16 German war burials within the cemetery.
No. of Identified Casualties:	142