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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
10586 Hurry Gerald Kitchener G K Lieutenant 24 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 282.
 1944-02-21
10606 Hutchinson Arthur Norman A N Sergeant 24 Squadron Grave
XXXIII. C. 9.
 1942-07-31
10641 Iddeson James Sterling J S Second Lieutenant 208 (R.A.F.) Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 268.
 1942-01-03
10647 Immelman Gysbertus Christiaan G C Private Cape Town Highlanders Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 126.
 1942-06-07
10670 Ingles Frederick Charles F C Sergeant Umvoti Mounted Rifles Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 120.
 1944-12-14
10671 Inglesby Herbert H Lieutenant 33 (R.A.F.) Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-06-24
10700 Ireland Herbert William H W Sergeant South African Artillery (Corps) Grave
Coll. grave XXXIII. F. 18-19.
 1942-06-27
10705 Ironside Harold Edmond H E Lieutenant 2 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-09-01
10719 Irving William Lewis W L Private Natal Mounted Rifles Grave
XXIII. H. 17.
 1942-10-16
10730 Isaacs J Private Cape Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 154.
 1941-12-09
10760 Jack Malcolm Reid M R Air Sergeant 21 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 247.
 1941-11-20
10798 Jackson Peter Harley Molineux P H M Second Lieutenant 2 Squadron Grave
III. B. 4.
 1942-10-20
10800 Jackson Rowan Edgar R E Lieutenant 4 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-05-31
10802 Jackson Stephen Morris S M Lance Corporal Rand Light Infantry Grave
XXIII. H. 25.
 1942-08-24
10815 Jacob Gerald Osmond Robert G O R Private Cape Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 154.
 1941-12-09
10837 Jacobs Bernard Henry Zox B H Z Lieutenant Royal Artillery Grave
XIX. C. 6.
 1942-11-03
10839 Jacobs C J Gunner South African Artillery (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 116.
 1941-11-23
10890 Jacobs John Reginald Maurice J R M Captain Imperial Light Horse Grave
III. C. 17.
 1942-10-24
10899 Jacobs O T Private Rand Light Infantry Grave
XI. E. 29.
 1942-10-23
10929 Jacobson Julius J Sergeant Technical Service Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 145.
 1941-11-27
10938 Jacques Alfred Morris A M Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Grave
V. H. 20.
 1942-11-01
10951 Jafter Allie A Private Indian and Malay Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 158.
 1943-02-13
10953 Jaftha Gamatzyn G Private Indian and Malay Corps (Corps) Grave
VII. B. 8.
 1942-02-02
10958 Jagers A M Private Cape Corps Grave
III. E. 10.
 1942-10-31
10981 James Beric Herbert B H Corporal Technical Service Corps (Corps) Grave
III. A. 24.
 1942-09-15
10984 James Derek Oswald D O Lieutenant 1 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-11-03
10986 James Gilbert Newton G N Air Sergeant 20 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 247.
 1941-11-20
10999 James Michael Ernest Joseph M E J Lieutenant 11 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 245.
 1941-04-07
11018 Jamieson Alexander Graham A G Second Lieutenant 2 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 268.
 1942-02-10
11047 Janse Van Vuuren P A Corporal Field Force Battalion Grave
XIX. D. 5.
 1942-07-13
11063 Jansen J S J Gunner South African Artillery (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 116.
 1942-07-02
11068 Jansen P Private Cape Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 154.
 1944-01-28
11075 Janssens Edward E Lance Corporal Regiment President Steyn Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 132.
 1941-12-09
11079 Jantjies Kwaas K Private Cape Corps Grave
XVII. G. 26.
 1942-07-15
11115 Jefferies DFM Charles C Second Lieutenant 12 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 246.
 1941-12-23
11116 Jefferies J S Private Regiment Botha Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 131.
 1942-11-28
11123 Jefferys George Frederick G F Sergeant Royal Durban Light Infantry Grave
IV. F. 12.
 1942-07-10
11181 Jeudwine Harold Phelps H P Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 243.
 1941-05-25
11206 Joels James J Private Cape Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 154.
 1942-06-20
11207 Joffe Jack Millian J M Private Rand Light Infantry Grave
XXIII. H. 22.
 1942-07-28
11297 Johnson Lyall Ludwig Arthur L L A Gunner South African Artillery (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 116.
 1941-11-23
11314 Johnson Roy R R R Warrant Officer Class I 24 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 284.
 1944-03-06
11334 Johnston Andrew McLeod A M Lieutenant 15 Squadron Grave
XIX. H. 28.
 1942-10-26
11414 Jones Enock E Lieutenant 12 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-06-25
11469 Jones Samuel S Private Cape Corps Grave
XXIII. H. 5.
 1942-07-11
11495 Jooste F J Private Field Force Battalion Grave
XI. C. 11.
 1942-10-24
11499 Jooste J N Corporal South African Corps of Military Police (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 148.
 1942-11-28
11501 Jooste M C Sapper South African Engineer Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 140.
 1942-11-28
11508 Jordaan A M Private Field Force Battalion Grave
XI. D. 3.
 1942-10-24
11520 Jordaan P W Lance Corporal South African Corps of Signals (Corps) Grave
XXX. F. 26.
 1941-08-09