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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
22057 Rusk Frederick James F J Lieutenant South African Air Force (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-07-04
22061 Russell Aidan Stewart A S Lieutenant 1 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 245.
 1941-06-30
22082 Russell T A Second Lieutenant 10 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 268.
 1942-08-04
22092 Rustin Christian C Private Cape Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 156.
 1942-06-20
22099 Rutherford W B Lance Corporal Field Force Battalion Grave
XI. C. 23.
 1942-10-24
22102 Rutkin Sam S Lieutenant 24 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 283.
 1944-03-06
22136 Sadler Ernest Henry E H Staff Sergeant Royal Army Service Corps (Corps) Grave
XXIX. H. 22.
 1940-12-13
22145 Saggers G F Private Field Force Battalion Grave
XI. C. 19.
 1942-10-24
22154 Sakoor A G Private Cape Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 156.
 1941-12-09
22155 Saks Eric E Air Sergeant 24 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 248.
 1941-07-02
22162 Sale George Edmund G E Lieutenant 24 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 278.
 1943-03-20
22181 Salusbury Gerald Llewlyn G L Lance Corporal Regiment Botha Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 129.
 1941-11-23
22232 Sandilands N M Second Lieutenant 1 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 246.
 1941-12-05
22255 Sansom B R J Sapper South African Engineer Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 141.
 1942-11-28
22265 Sarembock Nathan N Trooper South African Armoured Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 137.
 1942-05-10
22295 Saunders George Dey G D Corporal Rand Light Infantry Grave
XI. E. 19.
 1942-10-23
22300 Saunders Phillip P Lance Corporal South African Corps of Signals (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 141.
 1942-05-10
22302 Saunders Peter Harold P H Lieutenant 5 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-05-30
22309 Savage Edward Claude E C Private South African Irish Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 134.
 1941-12-09
22313 Savage P R Lance Bombardier South African Artillery (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 114.
 1942-06-28
22350 Scharneck J Private Cape Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 156.
 1941-12-09
22439 Scholtz L J Gunner South African Artillery (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 117.
 1941-11-23
22444 Schonken Bartholomew Petrus B P Bombardier South African Artillery (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 113.
 1941-11-23
22445 Schonken Hugo Albertus H A Lieutenant 17 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 283.
 1944-01-28
22489 Schutte Cornelius Johannes Kriek C J R Lieutenant 44 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 283.
 1944-07-31
22499 Schwartz N P Private Cape Corps Grave
XXV. F. 13.
 1942-07-02
22506 Scotch Wilson W Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 165.
 1942-11-07
22519 Scott Cladue Charles Justin C C J Captain 7th Rajput Regiment Grave
XIX. F. 2.
 1942-07-22
22525 Scott Eric Norman E N Private Technical Service Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 146.
 1942-06-13
22537 Scott John Henry J H Corporal Cape Town Highlanders Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 126.
 1942-10-24
22553 Scott Samuel Barr Ferguson S B F Major 60 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 245.
 1941-10-23
22557 Scott Thomas Alexander Fergusson T A F Corporal South African Engineer Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 139.
 1943-02-26
22591 Seaman J Gunner South African Artillery (Corps) Grave
XI. F. 28.
 1942-10-26
22598 Seaton Neville St. Leger N S L Lieutenant 15 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 283.
 1944-02-23
22617 Sebothoma Madimetja John M J Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 165.
 1942-06-20
22620 Sedgwick Gerald Tollemache G T Lieutenant 208 (R.A.F.) Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-06-27
22624 Seed Richard R Warrant Officer Class II South African Artillery (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 111.
 1941-11-23
22631 Sefanyetso John J Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 165.
 1942-05-10
22638 Segaole Alpheus A Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 165.
 1944-01-28
22647 Seipei Abraham A Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 165.
 1944-01-28
22721 Senfftleben Harold Thurtell H T Lance Corporal South African Medical Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 147.
 1942-08-17
22739 Sepiroa Moerane Andries M A Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 165.
 1942-06-20
22755 Serebolo Johannes J Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) Grave
XXXI. J. 25.
 1942-07-31
22799 Severn Kenneth Edwin K E Sapper South African Engineer Corps (Corps) Grave
XII. F. 21.
 1942-09-03
22813 Seymour-Hosley MID Errol William E W Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 240.
 1941-12-27
22817 Shabangu Simon S Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 165.
 1941-11-23
22838 Shanley Leonard Dudley L D Air Sergeant 24 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 248.
 1941-11-21
22859 Sharp Sydney Allen S A Private Q Service Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 144.
 1941-12-09
22878 Shaw Gerald Percy G P Private Regiment Botha Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 131.
 1941-12-09
22887 Shaw Myles Edward M E Private Technical Service Corps (Corps) Grave
XIX. F. 20.
 1942-07-05