Alamein Memorial

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Location El Alamein, Al Alamein - Markaz, Egypt
Type memorial
Description

The Alamein Memorial forms the entrance to the El Alamein War Cemetery in Egypt. The memorial commemorates nearly 12,000 servicemen of the British Empire who died in the Western Desert campaigns of the Second World War including the Battle of El Alamein.
The memorial has a flat roof from which there is a view of the cemetery, the surrounding desert and to the north, the sea.

Panels of the memorial commemorate different areas of service and the location. The Land Forces panels commemorate more than 8,500 soldiers of the Commonwealth who died in the campaigns in Egypt and Libya, and in the operations of the Eighth Army in Tunisia up to 19 February 1943, who have no known grave. It also commemorates those who served and died in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Persia.

The Air Forces panels commemorate more than 3,000 airmen of the Commonwealth who died in the campaigns in Egypt, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Greece, Crete and the Aegean, Ethiopia, Eritrea and the Somalilands, the Sudan, East Africa, Aden and Madagascar, who have no known grave. Those who served with the Rhodesian and South African Air Training Scheme and have no known grave are also commemorated here.
The memorial was designed by Sir Hubert Worthington.
The Alamein Memorial forms the entrance to El Alamein War Cemetery in Egypt.
It was unveiled on 24 October 1954, by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.
Worthington followed similar principles to First World War memorials but made modifications due to the climate and environment.

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Built Not yet discovered
Opened 24 October 1954 by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery
Inscription

Condition

Good

Names

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INCE, Richard Arthur

Service number VX25621
Private
Born 22 Oct 1915

DAVIS, Lance George

Service number 407166
Sergeant
No. 47 Squadron (RAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 19 Oct 1914

PATERSON, Angus

Service number 411180
Flight Sergeant
Born 20 Jun 1916

ROGERS, Herbert

Service number 404042
Flight Sergeant
Born 9 Jun 1917

SALISBURY, Walter Edward

Service number SX7471
Private
2nd/8th Field Ambulance
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 25 Sep 1914

MAUNSELL, Shamus Joseph Edgar

Service number WX13593
Private
2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 22 Jul 1916

SCRIBNER, Gordon George

Service number 411392
Sergeant
No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 15 Aug 1920

BIRD, Cecil George

Service number WX11985
Private
2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 27 May 1919

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