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El Alamein War Cemetery and Memorial

CWGC cemetery and Memorial to the Missing at El Alamein, Egypt, for Commonwealth forces of the Western Desert Campaign, principally the First and Second Battles of El Alamein (Jul-Nov 1942). The cemetery holds 7,368 burials; the adjoining Alamein Memorial (opened 1954) additionally commemorates over 11,800 Commonwealth land and air forces with no known grave who died in the Western Desert. South Africa's dead here span the South African Air Force, Artillery, Cape Corps, Native Military Corps, Engineer Corps, Tank Corps, and nearly every SA infantry and mounted rifle regiment of the period.

Location: El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt

Address: El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt

30.83819, 28.94707 · OpenStreetMap

Photographs
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)
Memorial for South African soldiers who died at El Alamein, 1942. Photo: Farawayman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (Original Photo
El Alamein Commonwealth War Cemetery, general view. Photo: Einsamer Schütze, CC BY-SA, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_Alamein_Commonwealth_Cemetery.JPG)
El Alamein Commonwealth War Cemetery, general view. Photo: Einsamer Schütze, CC BY-SA, Wikimedia Commons (Original Photo
Graves at El Alamein Commonwealth War Cemetery. Photo: Peter Astbury, CC BY-SA, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:El_Alamein_-_Graves_at_the_Commonwealth_Cemetery.jpg)
Graves at El Alamein Commonwealth War Cemetery. Photo: Peter Astbury, CC BY-SA, Wikimedia Commons (Original Photo
Cross of Sacrifice, El Alamein War Cemetery. Photo: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AlameinCommCemet6.jpg)
Cross of Sacrifice, El Alamein War Cemetery. Photo: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA, Wikimedia Commons (Original Photo

Names 1,812

# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Panel Date of Death
6927 Farr Alex Thomas Duffield A T D Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-10-26
6938 Farrell Percival Victor P V Private Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces Grave
XI. C. 17.
 1942-10-24
6971 Featonby-Smith Eric Alan E A Air Sergeant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 246.
 1941-11-15
6982 Feinberg Aubrey Cyril A C Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 277.
 1943-06-19
6996 Felkers William C W C Corporal Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Grave
XXXIII. C. 7.
 1942-08-24
7003 Felton Leslie James L J Flight Sergeant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 268.
 1942-12-15
7005 Felton Reginald John R J Air Pupil South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 278.
 1943-05-29
7074 Ferreira P J Gunner South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 115.
 1942-11-28
7158 Finlayson Thomas T Lieutenant South African Air Force Grave
XXXIII. C. 8.
 1942-10-02
7169 Fischer Jacobus George J G Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 239.
 1940-12-09
7171 Fischer William Thomas W T Private Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, S.A. Forces Grave
Coll. grave XIX. F. 12-13.
 1942-07-06
7192 Fisher Thomas Simpson T S Major South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 245.
 1941-12-12
7197 Fitchet Brian Byrnes B B Bombardier South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 112.
 1941-11-30
7201 Fitchett Tylden Alan T A Private Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 120.
 1942-06-07
7206 Fitzgerald Gerald Henry G H Lieutenant Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces Grave
IV. D. 12.
 1942-07-13
7235 Flandorff Nicolas N Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 153.
 1942-06-20
7238 Flax Maurice M Second Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 268.
 1942-10-13
7251 Fleming Maurice James M J Air Sergeant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 246.
 1941-12-11
7265 Fletcher Lionel Charles L C Sergeant Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces Grave
III. C. 6.
 1942-10-24
7314 Fope Charles C Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 160.
 1941-11-23
7330 Forbes Roland David R D Private Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces Grave
XXXII. C. 24.
 1942-01-03
7331 Forbes Rex Duncan Alexander R D A Warrant Officer Class I South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 284.
 1944-12-30
7355 Forder Henry Cecil H C Sapper South African Engineer Corps Grave
XI. A. 17.
 1942-10-24
7356 Forder Michael Arderne M A Captain South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 111.
 1942-07-04
7364 Forrest John William J W Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 277.
 1943-12-12
7376 Forrester Stanley Robert Ellis S R E Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 245.
 1941-05-25
7380 Forsyth John E J E Sergeant South African Air Force Grave
XXXIII. D. 14.
 1942-07-31
7381 Forsyth Lionel Chambers L C Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 282.
 1944-06-03
7385 Fortain William Mathew W M Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 153.
 1942-06-14
7388 Fortmann Heinrich Christof Johannes H C J Air Mechanic South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 286.
 1945-04-04
7396 Fortuin Henry H Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 153.
 1942-04-13
7439 Fourie Adam Johannes A J Corporal Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces Grave
IV. H. 24.
 1942-07-27
7441 Fourie Andries Ockert Ignatius A O I Gunner South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 116.
 1942-02-04
7456 Fourie Johannes J Private Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces Grave
XXIII. H. 7.
 1942-07-11
7459 Fourie John Frederick J F Warrant Officer South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 284.
 1944-03-06
7460 Fourie Jacobus Johannes J J Private Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces Grave
III. H. 17.
 1942-10-24
7466 Fourie Johannes Marthinus J M Private Regiment President Steyn, S.A. Forces Grave
IV. G. 25.
 1942-07-27
7473 Fourie Marcus Johannes M J Private Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces Grave
III. F. 18.
 1942-10-30
7478 Fourie St E Private Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces Grave
XI. C. 18.
 1942-10-23
7489 Fowler Michael Hugh M H Major South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 245.
 1941-12-12
7490 Fowler Wallace Stanley W S Gunner South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 116.
 1944-01-28
7491 Fowles John Lawrence J L Private Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces Grave
XIX. F. 11.
 1942-07-06
7531 Francis Harold Clifford H C Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-10-26
7560 Frank Marcus Philip M P Lieutenant Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces Grave
III. H. 15.
 1942-10-23
7564 Frankel N D Gunner South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 116.
 1941-11-23
7582 Frans Stephanus S Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 153.
 1941-12-09
7620 Fray Charles Henry C H Private Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces Grave
IV. H. 29.
 1942-07-27
7624 Frazer Robert R Corporal Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces Grave
XXIX. H. 26.
 1941-07-01
7680 Friedman Aubrey A Air Sergeant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 246.
 1941-11-20
7684 Frielinghaus Arthur John A J Lieutenant South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 111.
 1942-06-15