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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#	Last Name	First Name	Initials	Rank	Regiment	Panel	Date of Death
58	Abrahams	Jacobus Henry	J H	Private	Cape Corps, S.A. Forces	Grave XXIII. H. 24.	1942-07-25
92	Ackerman	Thomas Lodewyk	T L	Private	Field Force Brigade, S.A. Forces	Grave XIX. B. 2.	1942-08-08
157	Adams	Carel	C	Private	Cape Corps, S.A. Forces	Grave V. D. 26.	1942-11-29
202	Adendorff	Hendrik Willem	H W	Sapper	South African Engineer Corps	Grave III. E. 21.	1942-10-24
267	Aitkens	Aubrey Alfred	A A	Sapper	South African Engineer Corps	Grave XI. H. 6.	1942-11-07
269	Alaardt	Gert	G	Gunner	Cape Corps, S.A. Forces	Grave XI. J. 17.	1942-11-05
376	Allen	Paul J	P J	Air Mechanic	South African Air Force	Grave XIX. H. 23.	1941-11-15
549	Aneck-Hahn	Paul Daniel	P D	Lieutenant	South African Air Force	Grave XXXI. D. 15.	1941-07-12
626	Archibald	Ian Norman	I N	Sergeant	Regiment President Steyn, S.A. Forces	Grave IV. D. 24.	1942-08-08
698	Arries	Nicholas	N	Corporal	Cape Corps, S.A. Forces	Grave XXXII. E. 18.	1942-06-20
728	Askew	Joseph John	J J	Sapper	South African Engineer Corps	Grave IV. H. 13.	1942-06-30
751	Atkinson	John William	J W	Sergeant	Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces	Grave XXXI. E. 21.	1942-02-05
762	Attwood	James Henry	J H	Lieutenant	Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces	Grave XI. E. 17.	1942-10-23
765	Auer	Oscar Ludwig	O L	Bombardier	South African Artillery	Grave XXV. F. 14.	1942-07-02
819	Ayton	John Hal Brown	J H B	Private	Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces	Grave XXIX. J. 18.	1941-07-19
956	Baker	Reginald George	R G	Second Lieutenant	South African Air Force	Grave XXXI. J. 12.	1942-07-27
1023	Banda	Ishmael	I	Private	Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces	Grave XXXI. J. 29.	1942-02-24
1064	Barber	Ernest William	E W	Sapper	South African Engineer Corps	Grave IV. H. 14.	1942-06-30
1079	Barends	Eddie	E	Private	Cape Corps, S.A. Forces	Grave XI. H. 8.	1942-11-08
1095	Barker	Clifford Mark	C M	Lieutenant	Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces	Grave IV. H. 26.	1942-07-27
1112	Barlow	Ignatius Petrus	I P	Private	Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces	Grave XIX. F. 7.	1942-07-06
1168	Barnett	Arthur	A	Private	Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces	Grave XXXII. D. 2.	1942-01-09
1207	Barron	Soloman Norman	S N	Private	Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, S.A. Forces	Grave III. A. 19.	1942-09-01
1346	Bayley	Herbert John Plumstead	H J P	Air Sergeant	South African Air Force	Grave XXXIII. C. 11.	1942-07-23
1347	Bayley	Norman Ronald	N R	Bombardier	South African Artillery	Grave III. C. 16.	1942-10-23
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
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
1582	Bennett	Arthur John	A J	Private	Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces	Grave IV. A. 23.	1942-07-27
1597	Bennett	Patrick Morice	P M	Captain	Royal Horse Artillery	Grave XXXIII. G. 18.	1942-08-31
1647	Berridge	John Turner	J T	Sergeant	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Grave XII. A. 25.	1941-05-13
1762	Bezuidenhout	Hendrick Francois	H F	Lance Corporal	South African Engineer Corps	Grave XIX. H. 11.	1941-12-02
1810	Bingham	Percival Henry	P H	Lieutenant	South African Air Force	Grave XXXIII. D. 11.	1942-10-24
2012	Boddington	Paul	P	Gunner	South African Artillery	Grave XI. E. 2.	1942-10-29
2180	Bosman	Peter John	P J	Sergeant	South African Artillery	Grave XXXII. C. 8.	1941-11-04
2293	Botha	Willem Adriaan Vosloo	W A V	Lance Corporal	Field Force Brigade, S.A. Forces	Grave XI. D. 9.	1942-10-24
2333	Bouwer	Johannes	J	Gunner	South African Artillery	Grave IV. C. 18.	1942-07-13
2375	Bowker	John Robert	J R	Bombardier	South African Artillery	Grave XIX. F. 15.	1942-07-06
2388	Bownass	Douglas James	D J	Private	Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces	Grave III. D. 9.	1942-10-24
2455	Bradley	Patrick Joseph	P J	Lance Corporal	Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces	Grave V.A. 1.	1942-10-24
2479	Brand	Coenraad Johannes Frederick	C J F	Gunner	South African Artillery	Grave XI. G. 24.	1942-11-02
2499	Brandt	Walter	W	Private	Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces	Grave VII. A. 5.	1942-10-24
2530	Breet	Johannes Augustinus	J A	Lieutenant	South African Air Force	Grave XXXI. H. 28.	1944-02-13
2645	Britz	Johannes Frederick	J F	Bombardier	South African Artillery	Grave XXV. F. 22.	1942-07-11
2702	Brookman	George Robert	G R	Private	Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces	Grave IV. B. 13.	1942-07-20
2839	Brown	William Hubert Hart	W H H	Lieutenant	South African Air Force	Grave XXXII. A. 14.	1942-09-01
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
3007	Bunton	John Gilfillan	J G	Bombardier	South African Artillery	Grave XXIII. H. 26.	1942-07-15
3027	Burger	Willem Abraham	W A	Private	Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces	Grave XXVIII. H. 6.	1941-08-02

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