Bulgaria (COMPLETE)

List updated February 11, 2012

Country Total = 8

8 graves in 2 cemeteries

Completed = 8 (or 100%)

Cemetery	SA War Dead #	SA serving in Non-SA units War Dead #	Total	Status - Complete, Underway, Part Done	Volunteer
Plovdiv Central Cemetery	.	1	1	Complete	Adrian Wright
Sofia War Cemetery	7	.	7	Complete	Adrian Wright / Gail Rothlin / Ralph McLean

PLOVDIV CENTRAL CEMETERY

Plovdiv Central Cemetery - Photo © Ralph McLean

Plovdiv is a city on the main road from Sofia to Istanbul. Plovdiv Central Cemetery is about 1 kilometre from the city centre, within the city limits, and on the same road to Istanbul (the Liljana Dimitrova Road). The Commonwealth servicemen buried at Plovdiv Central Cemetery died either as prisoners of war or while serving with the occupying forces following the Bulgarian capitulation in September 1918. The Commonwealth plot was formed when graves were brought in from other cemeteries. The cemetery now contains 55 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.

SOFIA WAR CEMETERY

Sofia War Cemetery is part of Sofia Protestant Cemetery, which is a section of the main town cemetery. It is located 2 kilometres north of the railway station. The Project Director was there in 2003 photographing other graves. He suggests checking in at the south-eastern gate and asking for assistance. The CWGC plot is alongside the German plot in the North-eastern part of the cemetery.

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