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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
23631 Smith Walter Arnold Capewell W A C Sergeant Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 135.
 1942-06-22
23658 Smook William Thomas W T Flight Sergeant Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 278.
 1943-07-05
23664 Smuts Martin Henry Tancred M H T Lieutenant Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-11-03
23667 Smyth Eric Richard E R Second Lieutenant Grave
XXIX. E. 12.
 1941-11-02
23694 Snyman Jacobus Philipps Lourens J P L Warrant Officer Class II Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 284.
 1944-03-06
23695 Snyman Jacobus Wilhelmus Rudolph J W R Lance Corporal Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces Grave
IV. H. 23.
 1942-07-27
23733 Solomon D Private Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 156.
 1941-12-09
23738 Solomon Isaac I Lance Corporal Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces Grave
IV. H. 7.
 1942-07-13
23750 Solomon Laurie L Air Mechanic Grave
XXVIII. J. 26.
 1941-10-07
23755 Solomon Stanley Owen S O Private Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 121.
 1942-06-15
23766 Solomons W J Private Grave
IV. E. 27.
 1942-09-17
23805 Southgate Clarence Victor C V Corporal Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 139.
 1942-11-28
23829 Spargo Obed Charles O C Warrant Officer Class I Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 284.
 1944-02-23
23854 Spence John William J W Private Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces Grave
Coll. grave III. B. 22.
 1942-10-14
23862 Spencer Douglas D Private Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 123.
 1942-06-07
23887 Spinas Reginald Louis R L Private Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces Grave
IV. H. 28.
 1942-07-27
23894 Spohr Arand Godfrey A G Gunner Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 117.
 1942-06-20
23911 Sproule Edward Andrew E A Sapper Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 141.
 1942-05-10
23921 Squire Ruben R Private Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 126.
 1942-10-26
23923 Squires Ronald R Sergeant Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 112.
 1942-11-28
23962 Stanfield Leonard L Corporal Grave
IV. C. 10.
 1942-07-15
23963 Stanfield P C Lance Corporal Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 130.
 1941-12-09
23989 Stanton Herbert Claude H C Lieutenant Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 283.
 1944-07-30
24014 Stassen Breamie Charles B C Private Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, S.A. Forces Grave
IV. D. 5.
 1942-07-17
24016 Stathakis Nicholas Demetris N D Gunner Grave
XXX. G. 14.
 1941-07-01
24020 Stead Noel Humphrey Michael N H M Lieutenant Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 283.
 1944-03-12
24048 Steenkamp Joachim Hermanus J H Corporal Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces Grave
XI. D. 19.
 1942-10-24
24072 Stein Harry H Private Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces Grave
XI. F. 27.
 1942-10-23
24084 Stephanus H Private Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 156.
 1941-12-09
24089 Stephen Frank F Corporal Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 129.
 1944-01-28
24090 Stephen Herbert Norman Vernon H N V Private Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 123.
 1942-05-10
24128 Stevens Frederick Louis F L Lieutenant Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-07-24
24142 Stevenson Hew Russell H R Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 272.
 1943-02-09
24154 Stewart Alexander Robert Louis A R L Lieutenant Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 283.
 1944-04-24
24183 Stewart Louis Phillip L P Air Sergeant Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 248.
 1941-11-07
24207 Steyn Jacobus Frederik Arnoldus J F A Captain Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 281.
 1944-02-18
24263 Stohr Oscar Michael O M Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 272.
 1943-03-22
24278 Stone Gordon John G J Warrant Officer Class I Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 284.
 1944-02-12
24281 Stone Laurens Alexander L A Lieutenant Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 245.
 1941-12-18
24283 Stone Reginald Kilwa R K Corporal Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces Grave
IV. A. 4.
 1942-07-17
24289 Stonlake John Samuel J S Private Field Force Brigade, S.A. Forces Grave
XXV. F. 15.
 1942-07-15
24292 Stoop P W Corporal Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 139.
 1942-11-28
24315 Stowe Garth Clarke Dixon G C D Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 244.
 1941-02-07
24318 Strachan George Douglas G D Private Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 121.
 1942-05-10
24359 Stretch Lennox Henry L H Lieutenant Field Force Brigade, S.A. Forces Grave
XXV. F. 19.
 1942-07-15
24366 Stringer Robert James R J Flight Sergeant Grave
Coll. grave XXVI. A. 25.
 1942-10-27
24389 Strydom Johannes Hendrik J H Lieutenant Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 283.
 1944-06-17
24394 Strydom Jacobus Johannes Stephanus J J S Warrant Officer Class II Umvoti Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 120.
 1944-01-28
24403 Stuart Alexander Frederick A F Lieutenant Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-02-26
24434 Sturgeon Desmond Troy D T Private Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 128.
 1941-12-09