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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
1377 Beard Thomas James T J Corporal South African Engineer Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 138.
 1942-11-28
1427 Becket R C Corporal South African Tank Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 136.
 1942-06-15
1431 Beckman Kenneth Walter K W Lance Bombardier South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 113.
 1942-08-17
1432 Beckwith Robert Emmerson R E Lance Corporal Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 125.
 1942-10-24
1437 Beddy Thomas Samuel T S Warrant Officer Class II South African Intelligence Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 135.
 1942-11-28
1466 Behrens Gert Christoffel G C Trooper South African Tank Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 136.
 1941-11-25
1469 Behrens Ronald James R J Flight Sergeant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 268.
 1942-10-12
1472 Beiles Oscar Denis O D Private Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces Grave
III. C. 2.
 1942-10-24
1493 Bell Arthur Douglas A D Major Royal Engineers Grave
XXVIII. J. 15.
 1942-11-27
1502 Bell George Robert G R Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 281.
 1944-03-06
1503 Bell John Eduard J E Major South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 281.
 1944-03-12
1513 Bell Ronald Bruce R B Warrant Officer Class II South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 284.
 1944-02-25
1528 Bellas Douglas John D J Trooper South African Tank Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 136.
 1942-05-10
1530 Bellerstein Willy W Gunner South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 115.
 1941-11-23
1539 Benade George Thomas Pearson G T P Private Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 122.
 1944-11-01
1545 Bence Cornelius Hermanus C H Gunner South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 115.
 1942-06-15
1547 Bendall Alfred A Private Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 118.
 1942-11-28
1548 Bender Frederick Hendrik Jacobus F H J Air Sergeant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 268.
 1942-03-21
1552 Bendixen William Wouter W W Lance Corporal South African Engineer Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 139.
 1942-05-26
1558 Beneke Daniel Johannes D J Gunner South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 115.
 1941-11-23
1559 Beneke Jacobus Abraham J A Gunner South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 115.
 1941-11-23
1564 Benham Hugh Meredith Victor H M V Lance Corporal Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, S.A. Forces Grave
XXIV. B. 16.
 1942-08-31
1574 Benjamin Robert Walter R W Lance Bombardier South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 113.
 1942-06-20
1582 Bennett Arthur John A J Private Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces Grave
IV. A. 23.
 1942-07-27
1589 Bennett George G Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 266.
 1942-03-23
1597 Bennett Patrick Morice P M Captain Royal Horse Artillery Grave
XXXIII. G. 18.
 1942-08-31
1608 Bensimon Leslie Brian L B Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 245.
 1941-12-10
1622 Benzie Eric Alexander E A Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 245.
 1941-11-20
1631 Berkowitz Oscar O Air Sergeant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 268.
 1942-09-01
1647 Berridge John Turner J T Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Grave
XII. A. 25.
 1941-05-13
1673 Bertram Reginald Rennie R R Private Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 122.
 1942-06-07
1726 Beukes Nicholas Jacobus N J Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 152.
 1941-12-09
1729 Beukes Samuel S Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 152.
 1941-12-09
1730 Beukes Stephanus Petrus S P Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 281.
 1944-01-18
1753 Bezuidenhout A Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 152.
 1942-06-20
1762 Bezuidenhout Hendrick Francois H F Lance Corporal South African Engineer Corps Grave
XIX. H. 11.
 1941-12-02
1771 Bezuidenhout Louis L Gunner Royal Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 37.
 1941-11-23
1810 Bingham Percival Henry P H Lieutenant South African Air Force Grave
XXXIII. D. 11.
 1942-10-24
1832 Birney William Desmond W D Gunner South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 115.
 1942-04-13
1868 Black Robert Gilmour R G Air Sergeant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 246.
 1941-11-20
1877 Blackbeard William Robert W R Trooper South African Tank Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 137.
 1942-05-10
1894 Blair Douglas Haig D H Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 245.
 1941-10-29
1904 Blake Neville Clement N C Second Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 246.
 1941-11-05
1930 Blatherwick James John J J Air Sergeant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 286.
 1945-04-04
1934 Blatt Andries Johannes A J Corporal South African Engineer Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 138.
 1942-11-28
1944 Blight Alexander Richard A R Sergeant Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 124.
 1942-05-10
1956 Bliss William John Kennedy W J K Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 277.
 1943-07-23
1967 Bloemitt John J Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 152.
 1942-05-10
1990 Bluck F Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 281.
 1944-02-12
2012 Boddington Paul P Gunner South African Artillery Grave
XI. E. 2.
 1942-10-29