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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
2667 Brodrick Harold James H J Trooper South African Tank Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 137.
 1942-05-10
2671 Brokensha Francis Wesley F W Sergeant South African Corps of Signals Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 141.
 1942-11-28
2702 Brookman George Robert G R Private Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces Grave
IV. B. 13.
 1942-07-20
2714 Brooks Leslie Eric L E Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-12-07
2751 Brown Cyril Winnicott C W Trooper South African Tank Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 137.
 1942-11-02
2756 Brown Dennis Richard D R Lance Bombardier Royal Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 37.
 1941-11-23
2774 Brown Herbert Haig H H Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 242.
 1941-12-20
2781 Brown Ivan I Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-05-29
2819 Brown Ronald Coventry R C Private Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 119.
 1942-06-07
2839 Brown William Hubert Hart W H H Lieutenant South African Air Force Grave
XXXII. A. 14.
 1942-09-01
2850 Browne Errol Roger E R Private South African Irish Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 134.
 1941-11-24
2860 Browning Thomas Cecil McDonald T C M Lieutenant South African Air Force Grave
XXIV. G. 17.
 1942-10-24
2890 Brunton Keith Jack K J Second Lieutenant Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces Grave
III. H. 7.
 1942-10-24
2897 Bruton-Simmonds Clifford Rex C R Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-10-12
2930 Buchanan Douglas Lindley D L Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 245.
 1941-07-02
2951 Buckley Richard Walter R W Captain Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 124.
 1941-11-29
3007 Bunton John Gilfillan J G Bombardier South African Artillery Grave
XXIII. H. 26.
 1942-07-15
3012 Burdon Vernon Rooke V R Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-11-11
3027 Burger Willem Abraham W A Private Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces Grave
XXVIII. H. 6.
 1941-08-02
3044 Burke Ismail I Private Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 157.
 1942-10-27
3050 Burkimsher Richard R Private Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 123.
 1942-06-20
3052 Burl Neil Ponsonby N P Lance Corporal South African Irish Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 134.
 1941-12-09
3060 Burmeister Richard Peter R P Lieutenant South African Artillery Grave
XXV. F. 20.
 1942-07-02
3069 Burnell Douglas Haig D H Lance Corporal South African Tank Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 136.
 1942-02-16
3082 Burns Joseph J Corporal Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 151.
 1941-12-09
3086 Burns William George W G Lance Bombardier South African Artillery Grave
XIX F. 21.
 1942-07-27
3090 Burr Eric Haig E H Second Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 246.
 1941-10-20
3091 Burrage Roy Inglis R I Second Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 246.
 1941-12-12
3113 Burton Graham William G W Private Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces Grave
XIX. F. 10.
 1942-07-06
3123 Busby James Fred J F Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 152.
 1941-12-09
3155 Butler Sidney Horace S H Lieutenant South African Corps of Signals Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 140.
 1942-10-24
3159 Butt Kenneth K Lieutenant South African Corps of Signals Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 140.
 1942-12-29
3185 Buzzard Brian William Malcolm B W M Bombardier South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 112.
 1942-01-23
3212 Caesar Jacobus J Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 152.
 1941-12-09
3217 Caie Alexander Lovat A L Sapper South African Engineer Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 139.
 1942-11-14
3222 Caine Kevin Patrick K P Second Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 278.
 1943-08-14
3254 Callender Charles C Lance Corporal Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces Grave
III. H. 6.
 1942-10-25
3257 Calsen Andries Jacobus A J Sapper South African Engineer Corps Grave
XXIX. E. 10.
 1941-09-22
3273 Cameron Ronald R Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-08-30
3290 Campbell Athol Urban Marshall A U M Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 245.
 1941-05-08
3292 Campbell Charles C Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 281.
 1944-06-03
3303 Campbell Duncan Forbes D F Bombardier South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 112.
 1941-11-23
3308 Campbell Hugh H Lance Corporal Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces Grave
V. E. 4.
 1942-07-17
3342 Canham Charles Henry C H Lance Corporal South African Corps of Signals Grave
XI. E. 5.
 1942-10-23
3365 Carelsen George Johannes G J Corporal Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 151.
 1941-11-22
3366 Carelson Charles Frederick Andries C F A Gunner South African Artillery Grave
XXIII. H. 2.
 1942-07-15
3390 Carlyon Thomas Leslie T L Private Australian Army Service Corps Grave
A I. A. 22.
 1942-08-28
3408 Carney Harold H Gunner South African Artillery Grave
XXIII. H. 9.
 1942-07-03
3410 Carnovski Leonard Adam L A Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-08-28
3417 Carolus Philip P Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 152.
 1941-12-09