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Identity
Person No.
4513
Service No.
2329337
Last Name
Cornish 4
First Name
Hamilton Hope
Initials
H H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1913 (±1 yr) 376
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
22 February 1941 132
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service 6,447
Died on active service
Military Service
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
Royal Corps of Signals 9
Unit
7th Armd. Div. Sigs. 2
Defence Force
UK 4,066
British forces
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 1,284
Grave Reference
Column 51. 1
Coordinates
30.83823, 28.94696 OSM
Memorial
Memorial for South African soldiers who died at El Alamein, 1942. Photo: Farawayman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_African_Memorial_El_Alamein.jpg)
Names on Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Memorial
El Alamein War Cemetery and Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Alamein Memorial (Missing)
On the panel
Column 51.
Notes

Born and resided in South Africa. Ref. UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945

Research notes


4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "Royal Corps of Signals" (a branch, not a specific regiment) moved to Corps, per John's decision on the broader Regiment/Corps field-swap review.

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