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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

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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
9739 Hepburn Norman Eric Cameron N E C Staff Sergeant Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 126.
 1941-11-23
9746 Herbert Charles Benedictus C B Lance Corporal South African Tank Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 136.
 1942-11-28
9751 Herbert Richard R Sergeant Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 122.
 1941-12-16
9756 Herbst George Charles Alfred G C A Private Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces Grave
XXXII. F. 16.
 1941-11-26
9791 Heugh Tiene Paul T P Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 154.
 1942-11-14
9844 Hickman Frederick Prance F P Private South African Medical Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 147.
 1941-12-09
9846 Hickman John Reginald J R Bombardier South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 112.
 1942-01-26
9878 Hiles Mattheus F M M F M Sapper South African Engineer Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 139.
 1942-05-10
9889 Hill Isaac I Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 161.
 1942-05-10
9901 Hill Thomas T Private Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 146.
 1942-11-28
9905 Hill William Giles W G Private Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 144.
 1941-12-09
9911 Hilliar I R Private Field Force Brigade, S.A. Forces Grave
XXV. F. 18.
 1942-07-15
9926 Hilton-Barber Hilton Graham H G Sergeant South African Air Force Grave
Coll. grave XXVI. A. 25.
 1942-10-27
9932 Hinde Desmond Arthur D A Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 245.
 1941-12-02
9944 Hinton Arthur Dale A D Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-10-26
9968 Hittos Walter Percival Guy W P G Corporal Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 145.
 1942-11-06
9984 Hlangati Ben B Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 161.
 1944-01-28
10008 Hoare Norman Charles N C Second Lieutenant South African Air Force Grave
IV. A. 9.
 1941-11-26
10011 Hobbs Grahame G Sergeant Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 142.
 1942-11-28
10031 Hockly Lance L Gunner South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 116.
 1942-11-14
10040 Hodgkinson Charls Frank C F Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 277.
 1943-07-15
10063 Hoffenberg Joseph Selig J S Private Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces Grave
XXXIII. A. 25.
 1942-07-15
10068 Hoffman Isqaak I Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 154.
 1942-06-20
10076 Hoffmester William W Private Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 158.
 1941-12-09
10078 Hofmeyr Andrew Murray A M Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 277.
 1943-07-05
10102 Hojem Graham Clayton G C Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 245.
 1941-12-17
10107 Holdcroft George Ernest G E Major South African Engineer Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 138.
 1942-11-28
10118 Holl Andries Jacobus A J Corporal Field Force Brigade, S.A. Forces Grave
XXV. F. 16.
 1942-07-15
10132 Holley Douglas James D J Staff Sergeant South African Corps of Military Police Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 148.
 1942-05-10
10134 Holliday Eric Basil Mabin E B M Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-01-07
10175 Holmquist Joseph J Private Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 131.
 1941-12-09
10197 Honey Charles Richard C R Private Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces Grave
Coll. grave III. B. 22.
 1942-10-14
10239 Hope Stafford Maling S M Lieutenant South African Air Force Grave
XIX. D. 1.
 1942-07-27
10262 Horn Reginald Leonard R L Sapper South African Engineer Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 140.
 1942-05-10
10265 Hornby Geoffrey Phipps G P Lance Bombardier South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 113.
 1941-08-04
10275 Horne Kelvin Dennis K D Private Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 126.
 1942-06-14
10285 Horne William Leonard George W L G Private Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 126.
 1942-06-07
10318 Hosmer Ronald R Air Corporal South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 284.
 1944-07-31
10325 Hough Marcus Maximillian M M Warrant Officer Class II South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 240.
 1940-12-05
10350 Howard H F Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-04-25
10365 Howat William Frederick W F Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-10-13
10427 Huber Richard Arthur R A Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 154.
 1941-12-09
10437 Hudson Eric Watts E W Lieutenant South African Air Force Grave
Coll. grave XXVI. A. 25.
 1942-10-27
10454 Hughes Gerald James G J Bombardier South African Artillery Grave
Coll. grave XXXIII. F. 18-19.
 1942-06-27
10460 Hughes Stanley S Flight Sergeant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 268.
 1942-07-24
10469 Hugo Pierre P Lieutenant South African Tank Corps Grave
XI. E. 28.
 1942-10-26
10497 Human Jacobus Petrus J P Private Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces Grave
XXXII. D. 13.
 1941-07-15
10501 Human Pieter P Warrant Officer Class I South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 278.
 1943-07-08
10525 Humphries Ian Eugene I E Warrant Officer Class I South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 284.
 1944-03-04
10528 Humula Alexander A Lance Corporal Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces Grave
XXX. J. 21.
 1942-01-15