The Sedd El Bahr French Military Cemetery is just inland from Morto Bay. Here are the crosses with the names of the 2236 French war dead with inscriptions 'They died for France'. Behind them are four graves, each representing 3000 unidentified soldiers who died for France. The monument was built in 1929 on behalf of all the French who died in battle denoted as the 'children of France'. It was built in the shape of a clock tower with the names of the French land and naval units that participated in the war and contain the poems written by Victor Hugo.
The casualties resulted from landings of the main body of the French Corps at 'V' Beach on the night of the 25th/26th April 1915.