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Iringa Cemetery

  • Country Tanzania
  • Total identified casualties 142 Find these casualties
  • Identified casualties from First & Second World War
  • GPS Coordinates Latitude: -7.77931, Longitude: 35.69981
IRINGA CEMETERY - CWGC
IRINGA CEMETERY - CWGC

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.

Visiting information

Iringa Cemetery is open every day between 06:00 and 18:00. Outside these hours the cemetery is locked with a coded padlock. If you intend to visit outside of the opening hours the code to the padlock can be obtained from our office in Kenya on 00 254 20260 4301. The opening hours of this office are Monday-Friday 08:30-12:30, 13:30-16:30 (closed weekends).

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.

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History 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.