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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
21432 Richards W C Corporal South African Engineer Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 138.
 1942-11-28
21400 Ribbink Frank F Captain 24 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 281.
 1944-02-25
21396 Rhodes Thomas T Captain 21 Squadron Grave
XXXIII. A. 16.
 1942-10-27
21368 Reynolds D A J Lance Bombardier South African Artillery (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 114.
 1941-11-24
21376 Reynolds H A Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Grave
III. A. 13.
 1942-08-31
21378 Reynolds Herbert Gordon H G Pilot Officer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 241.
 1941-07-19
21364 Reyners Piet P Private Cape Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 156.
 1941-12-09
21332 Rensburg John Nicholas J N Private Cape Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 155.
 1941-12-09
21326 Rennie John J Corporal Cape Town Highlanders Grave
Coll. grave III. B. 22.
 1942-10-14
21318 Renaud C Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 123.
 1942-06-07
21310 Reinecke Pitrus Jacobus Linds P J L Private Natal Mounted Rifles Grave
XXXII. C. 20.
 1941-11-17
21262 Reeve K W Private Transvaal Scottish Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 128.
 1941-12-09
21253 Rees Edward Frank E F Corporal Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 124.
 1942-05-10
21237 Reed B J Air Sergeant 12 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 248.
 1941-12-23
21246 Reed Graydon Reuben G R Private Regiment President Steyn Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 133.
 1941-11-23
21212 Read Henry Avory H A Air Sergeant 24 Squadron Grave
XIX. B. 19.
 1941-08-05
21157 Rathbone Michael Edward M E Lance Corporal South African Irish Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 134.
 1941-12-09
21153 Ratcliffe Sydney Claude S C Gunner South African Artillery (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 117.
 1941-11-23
21150 Ratcliff Harold Dungey H D Lieutenant 41 Squadron Grave
XXXI. H. 19.
 1944-03-15
21134 Ras Christian David C D Private Field Force Battalion Grave
XI. D. 17.
 1942-10-24
21128 Rapp Lionel William L W Second Lieutenant 5 Squadron Grave
XXXI. B. 12.
 1942-07-11
21116 Raper George Albert G A Sapper South African Engineer Corps (Corps) Grave
XIX. H. 12.
 1941-12-02
21112 Ranyama Jantjes J Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 165.
 1942-05-10
21107 Ranthaka John J Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) Grave
XIII. C. 15.
 1942-10-28
21073 Randall Arthur Frank A F Sergeant South African Artillery (Corps) Grave
XXIII. G. 25.
 1942-08-15
21017 Ramatsui Madikana Abeil M A Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 165.
 1944-01-28
20991 Raluswield Jim J Private South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) Grave
XXVIII. H. 22.
 1941-10-06
20990 Ralstein Clarence John C J Trooper Royal Armoured Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 20.
 1940-12-10
20943 Radomsky Solomon S Air Sergeant 12 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 248.
 1941-12-12
20931 Rademeyer J D Lance Corporal Field Force Battalion Grave
XXIII. H. 21.
 1942-10-28
20917 Radbourne Charles Edwin Nutley C E N Sapper South African Engineer Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 141.
 1941-11-19
20906 Rabie Christiaan Jacobus C J Warrant Officer Class I 15 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 278.
 1943-10-28
20907 Rabie J A Private Field Force Battalion Grave
XI. B. 13.
 1942-10-24
20897 Raath J F G Private Transvaal Scottish Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 128.
 1941-12-09
20870 Quilliam Denis Henry D H Lieutenant 4 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 278.
 1943-04-28
20838 Pyle Cyril Francis C F Lance Corporal South African Medical Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 147.
 1942-06-15
20785 Pugin Ronald Theodore Arthur R T A Private Royal Natal Carbineers Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 119.
 1942-06-05
20784 Pugh Leonard Stephen L S Gunner South African Artillery (Corps) Grave
XII. E. 9.
 1942-09-12
20773 Pryde Ian Raymond Rutherford I R R Lieutenant 1 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 267.
 1942-11-04
20727 Prinsloo Coenraad Lukas C L Gunner South African Artillery (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 117.
 1941-11-23
20683 Price Douglas Sutherland D S Lieutenant South African Armoured Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 135.
 1942-02-16
20686 Price Frank Archibald F A Warrant Officer Class I South African Corps of Signals (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 140.
 1941-12-08
20647 Pretorius Barend Samuel Christoffel B S C Private Rand Light Infantry Grave
XI. D. 20.
 1942-10-23
20648 Pretorius C J Private Field Force Battalion Grave
XI. D. 7.
 1942-10-24
20671 Pretorius Phillipus Jonathan P J Corporal Regiment Botha Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 129.
 1941-12-09
20672 Pretorius Petrus Jacobus P J Warrant Officer Class I 24 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 284.
 1944-03-06
20636 Preston G B Trooper South African Armoured Corps (Corps) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 137.
 1941-12-01
20637 Preston H Sapper South African Engineer Corps (Corps) Grave
XI. B. 6.
 1942-10-26
20639 Preston Ronald E R E Lieutenant 24 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 283.
 1944-03-04
20630 Prescott Kenneth Wilson K W Lieutenant 7 Squadron Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 278.
 1943-09-27