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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
17631 Mostert A J Private Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 149.
 1942-11-28
17646 Motaung William W Private Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 164.
 1942-12-22
17699 Motono Jan J Private Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 164.
 1944-01-28
17728 Motsoedi Kubatsi K Private Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 164.
 1945-03-03
17818 Mputi Johannes J Private Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 164.
 1942-05-14
17831 Msessenyane Joe J Private Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 164.
 1942-09-30
17869 Mtetwa Minjeni M Private Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 164.
 1942-05-28
17918 Muir Keith Gordon K G Captain Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 281.
 1944-06-17
17919 Muir Leslie L Lance Corporal Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces Grave
XI. A. 11.
 1942-10-24
17922 Muir Reginald Rhodes R R Sergeant Die Middelandse Regiment, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 132.
 1944-01-28
17971 Muller Cornelius Rudolph C R Private Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 155.
 1941-12-09
17989 Muller John Vincent J V Gunner Royal Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 38.
 1942-01-25
18085 Murphy Francis Cavell F C Sergeant South African Irish Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 132.
 1941-11-23
18089 Murphy John Norman J N Second Lieutenant Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 246.
 1941-10-19
18100 Murray Aubrey Robert A R Flight Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 269.
 1943-08-12
18113 Murray Ivor Douglas I D Lieutenant Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 277.
 1943-12-12
18138 Murrow Leslie Henry L H Lieutenant Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-05-29
18155 Muskoana Wilson W Private Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 164.
 1945-02-22
18198 Mvula Those T Private Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 164.
 1942-05-10
18236 Myburgh Johannes Augustus J A Flight Sergeant Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 278.
 1943-09-17
18253 Myerson Stanley Sydney S S Sergeant Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces Grave
XXIII. G. 23.
 1942-08-15
18257 Mynhardt Cuthbert David C D Corporal Umvoti Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces Grave
XIX. H. 9.
 1941-10-31
18275 Mzolisa Harry H Private Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 164.
 1942-05-28
18324 Nape Jacob J Corporal Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 159.
 1942-06-21
18387 Ndaba Martins M Corporal Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 159.
 1942-06-20
18442 Ndiweni Stephen Madoda S M Private Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 164.
 1941-11-23
18460 Ndwamato Andries A Private Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 164.
 1944-01-28
18463 Ndzoyiya Washington W Private Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 164.
 1942-05-10
18500 Nel Daniel Andries D A Private Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 121.
 1942-06-07
18548 Nelsen Frederick Marcus F M Lance Corporal Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, S.A. Forces Grave
XXVII. E. 4.
 1942-07-06
18560 Nelson John Alan J A Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 262.
 1942-04-26
18607 Newbery John Henry J H Lance Bombardier Grave
IV. B. 23.
 1942-09-22
18609 Newby Eric Tom E T Lieutenant Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 277.
 1943-06-29
18630 Newton D Trooper Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 137.
 1942-06-15
18663 Ngcobo Elias Velapi E V Private Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 164.
 1944-01-28
18700 Ngubeni Nkulankula Jona N J Lance Corporal Grave
XXX. J. 11.
 1942-01-15
18720 Nhlapo Jacob J Lance Corporal Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 160.
 1942-08-11
18724 Nichol Leonard Anthony L A Lieutenant Grave
XXXIII. D. 16.
 1942-07-23
18730 Nicholl John J Sapper Royal Engineers Grave
IX. B. 4.
 1942-10-23
18738 Nicholls James Charles Maynard J C M Gunner Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 117.
 1942-11-28
18745 Nicholls W R Trooper Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 137.
 1942-06-18
18746 Nichols Brian B Lieutenant Grave
XVII. G. 11.
 1942-10-24
18747 Nichols G E Flight Sergeant Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 268.
 1942-11-03
18760 Nicholson Hubert Cuthbert Newell H C N Gunner Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 117.
 1941-07-29
18762 Nicholson Joseph J Private Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 119.
 1941-11-30
18773 Nicol Burton Haig B H Lieutenant Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-05-25
18782 Niddrie Malcolm Allister M A Private Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 126.
 1942-06-15
18794 Niemand James Michell J M Sergeant Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 142.
 1942-11-28
18823 Nino Reginald C R C Private Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 123.
 1942-05-10
18841 Njoko Frank F Private Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 164.
 1942-05-10