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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

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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
157 Adams Carel C Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Grave
V. D. 26.
 1942-11-29
164 Adams Nicolaas N Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 151.
 1943-02-13
166 Adams Norman Cecil N C Private Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 122.
 1942-11-28
95 Acklom Evatt E Gunner South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 114.
 1941-11-23
87 Ackerman Bernard B Trooper South African Tank Corps Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 136.
 1942-11-04
92 Ackerman Thomas Lodewyk T L Private Field Force Brigade, S.A. Forces Grave
XIX. B. 2.
 1942-08-08
82 Achmat Abobakar A Private Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 157.
 1941-12-09
71 Abramowitz Abraham Elijah A E Lieutenant South African Air Force Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 277.
 1943-08-26
58 Abrahams Jacobus Henry J H Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces Grave
XXIII. H. 24.
 1942-07-25
29 Abery Weldon James W J Gunner South African Artillery Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 114.
 1941-11-23
12 Abdool K Corporal Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 157.
 1942-11-03
9 Abbott Maurice Eldon M E Squadron Leader Royal Air Force (RAFO) Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Column 247.
 1942-01-19