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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
12360 Klaas Petrus P Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces Grave
XXIII. H. 1.
 1942-07-11
12372 Klass David Emmanuel D E Lieutenant South African Medical Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 145.
 1941-12-01
12378 Kleb Stanley Fred S F Sapper South African Engineer Corps Grave
XI. H. 5.
 1942-11-05
12403 Kleyn Peter Daniel P D Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 282.
 1944-07-30
12425 Klue Jan Johannes J J Private Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces Grave
XI. F. 5.
 1942-10-24
12446 Knight R N Trooper South African Tank Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 137.
 1942-06-15
12460 Knott George Cummings G C Private Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces Grave
XII. H. 3.
 1942-07-12
12505 Koen Petrus Jacobus Gysbertus P J G Private Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces Grave
XI. A. 3.
 1942-10-24
12508 Koenana Frans N F N Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 161.
 1942-06-20
12521 Kok Jacobus Albertus J A Captain South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 245.
 1941-07-29
12526 Kolbe Joachim Jacobus White J J W Gunner South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 116.
 1942-06-14
12547 Komet Johannes J Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 161.
 1942-11-05
12569 Kordom Gert G Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 154.
 1942-06-19
12585 Kotze B F J Corporal Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces Grave
XI. D. 5.
 1942-10-24
12588 Kotze G Sapper South African Engineer Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 140.
 1942-11-28
12597 Kourie Joseph A J A Lieutenant South African Air Force Grave
XXIV. E. 4.
 1942-08-29
12614 Kretzmer Lazar L Private Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces Grave
XXIX. J. 25.
 1941-06-21
12617 Kriegler Daniel James D J Air Corporal South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 285.
 1946-01-22
12620 Kriel Matheus Carolus M C Trooper South African Tank Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 137.
 1942-03-06
12623 Krige Christian Captain John C C J Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 154.
 1941-12-09
12654 Kruger Ethelbert Lenin E L Flight Sergeant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 278.
 1943-01-13
12661 Kruger G W Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 154.
 1942-07-24
12677 Kruger Johannes Lodewikus J L Private Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces Grave
XXXII. B. 21.
 1941-12-19
12685 Kruger Okert O Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Grave
VI. A. 22.
 1942-10-28
12687 Kruger P D Corporal Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces Grave
XI. F. 1.
 1942-10-24
12706 Kudumela William W Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces Grave
IV. C. 21.
 1942-07-13
12724 Kumalo Aaron A Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 161.
 1944-01-28
12747 Kurten Freddy Walter F W Private Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces Grave
XI. A. 7.
 1942-10-24
12797 Labuschagne Marthinus Gert Thomas M G T Private Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 131.
 1941-12-09
12801 Lacey Dennis Vernon Dohp D V D Major South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 265.
 1942-08-07
12810 Lagerwey P C Lance Bombardier South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 113.
 1941-11-23
12814 Lahner Ernest Bernard Conn E B C Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 277.
 1943-01-07
12815 Laidlaw James Cunningham J C Private Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 121.
 1942-06-14
12844 Lallyett Aubrey Edward A E Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 282.
 1944-02-25
12889 Lancey Norman Risdon N R Corporal Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces Grave
III. C. 3.
 1942-10-24
12898 Landrey Maurice Ralph Paton M R P Lieutenant Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces Grave
IV. A. 24.
 1942-07-27
12914 Lane John De La Harpe J D L H Lieutenant South African Air Force Grave
XIX. H. 29.
 1942-10-22
12927 Langaard Christian Knut C K Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-05-10
12930 Lange Max M Gunner South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 116.
 1942-11-28
12954 Lanham Jeffrey Roper J R Captain South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 277.
 1943-05-22
12981 Lasker Lionel L Lance Corporal Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 122.
 1942-11-28
12987 Last Nicolaas N Lieutenant South African Army Postal Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 150.
 1942-11-28
12993 Latola Vernon Thomas V T Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 154.
 1944-04-01
12996 Laubscher Dudley Colin D C Captain South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 277.
 1943-04-08
13039 Lawlor S B Lance Corporal South African Irish Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 134.
 1941-11-23
13043 Lawrence Alfred Robert A R Private Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 123.
 1942-08-17
13069 Lawson Charles C Private Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 121.
 1942-06-07
13076 Lawson William Davidson W D Bombardier South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 112.
 1941-11-23
13095 Le Cordeur Peter Jacobus P J Private Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 144.
 1941-11-23
13099 Le Fleur Johannes J Lance Corporal Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Grave
XI. G. 8.
 1942-11-08