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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
20431 Platt Clifford C Private Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 123.
 1943-12-08
20432 Platt Dennis Alfred D A Lieutenant Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces Grave
XI. A. 29.
 1942-10-24
20443 Pocock John Ainsley J A Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-09-01
20445 Pocock Norman Rodger Pearce N R P Lieutenant Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces Grave
XI. B. 3.
 1942-10-24
20504 Popham Edward William Leybore E W L Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-10-31
20531 Potgieter Adrian Matthys Johannes A M J Lance Corporal Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces Grave
XXXII. F. 10.
 1941-10-03
20541 Potgieter Izak Hermanus I H Warrant Officer Class I South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 278.
 1943-10-28
20567 Potter F G Private Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces Grave
III. B. 24.
 1942-10-12
20569 Potter W E P Signaller South African Corps of Signals Grave
III. E. 19.
 1942-10-23
20587 Powell A Sapper South African Engineer Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 140.
 1942-11-28
20598 Powell William Frederick W F Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-07-13
20609 Powrie John Duncan J D Lieutenant South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 111.
 1945-07-21
20630 Prescott Kenneth Wilson K W Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 278.
 1943-09-27
20636 Preston G B Trooper South African Tank Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 137.
 1941-12-01
20637 Preston H Sapper South African Engineer Corps Grave
XI. B. 6.
 1942-10-26
20639 Preston Ronald E R E Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 283.
 1944-03-04
20647 Pretorius Barend Samuel Christoffel B S C Private Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces Grave
XI. D. 20.
 1942-10-23
20648 Pretorius C J Private Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces Grave
XI. D. 7.
 1942-10-24
20671 Pretorius Phillipus Jonathan P J Corporal Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 129.
 1941-12-09
20672 Pretorius Petrus Jacobus P J Warrant Officer Class I South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 284.
 1944-03-06
20683 Price Douglas Sutherland D S Lieutenant South African Tank Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 135.
 1942-02-16
20686 Price Frank Archibald F A Warrant Officer Class I South African Corps of Signals Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 140.
 1941-12-08
20727 Prinsloo Coenraad Lukas C L Gunner South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 117.
 1941-11-23
20773 Pryde Ian Raymond Rutherford I R R Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-11-04
20784 Pugh Leonard Stephen L S Gunner South African Artillery Grave
XII. E. 9.
 1942-09-12
20785 Pugin Ronald Theodore Arthur R T A Private Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 119.
 1942-06-05
20838 Pyle Cyril Francis C F Lance Corporal South African Medical Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 147.
 1942-06-15
20870 Quilliam Denis Henry D H Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 278.
 1943-04-28
20897 Raath J F G Private Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 128.
 1941-12-09
20906 Rabie Christiaan Jacobus C J Warrant Officer Class I South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 278.
 1943-10-28
20907 Rabie J A Private Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces Grave
XI. B. 13.
 1942-10-24
20917 Radbourne Charles Edwin Nutley C E N Sapper South African Engineer Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 141.
 1941-11-19
20931 Rademeyer J D Lance Corporal Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces Grave
XXIII. H. 21.
 1942-10-28
20943 Radomsky Solomon S Air Sergeant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 248.
 1941-12-12
20990 Ralstein Clarence John C J Trooper Royal Armoured Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 20.
 1940-12-10
20991 Raluswield Jim J Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces Grave
XXVIII. H. 22.
 1941-10-06
21017 Ramatsui Madikana Abeil M A Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 165.
 1944-01-28
21073 Randall Arthur Frank A F Sergeant South African Artillery Grave
XXIII. G. 25.
 1942-08-15
21107 Ranthaka John J Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces Grave
XIII. C. 15.
 1942-10-28
21112 Ranyama Jantjes J Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 165.
 1942-05-10
21116 Raper George Albert G A Sapper South African Engineer Corps Grave
XIX. H. 12.
 1941-12-02
21128 Rapp Lionel William L W Second Lieutenant South African Air Force Grave
XXXI. B. 12.
 1942-07-11
21134 Ras Christian David C D Private Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces Grave
XI. D. 17.
 1942-10-24
21150 Ratcliff Harold Dungey H D Lieutenant South African Air Force Grave
XXXI. H. 19.
 1944-03-15
21153 Ratcliffe Sydney Claude S C Gunner South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 117.
 1941-11-23
21157 Rathbone Michael Edward M E Lance Corporal South African Irish Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 134.
 1941-12-09
21212 Read Henry Avory H A Air Sergeant South African Air Force Grave
XIX. B. 19.
 1941-08-05
21237 Reed B J Air Sergeant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 248.
 1941-12-23
21246 Reed Graydon Reuben G R Private Regiment President Steyn, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 133.
 1941-11-23
21253 Rees Edward Frank E F Corporal Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 124.
 1942-05-10