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The British Cemetery at El Alamein
Description
The British Cemetery has thousands upon thousands of rock hewn tombstones arranged in straight rows amidst a fenced garden.
Most of the soldiers were British 8th Army led by General Montgomery. The Battle began on October 23, 1942 and lasted until November 4th. In all, 35,476 British and Commonwealth soldiers lost their lives in the three years of the North African campaigns of WW II.
Allied Forces involved at Alamein Beach:
7th Armored Division
Royal Scots Greys 4th Queen's Own Hussars 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry 3rd Royal Horse Artillery Regiment 1st Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Bn The Royal Tank Regiment 5th Bn The Royal Tank Regiment 4th County of London Yeomanry 4th Field Regiment 97th Field Regiment 1st/5th Bn Queen's Royal Regiment 1st/6th Bn Queen's Royal Regiment 1st/7th Bn Queen's Royal Regiment 53rd Field Regiment 57th Anti-Tank Regiment 11th Field Company Royal Engineers 11th Hussars 7th Armoured Divisional Signals
1st Armoured Division
The Queen's Bays 9th Queen's Royal Lancers 10th Royal Hussars 1st Bn The Rifle Brigade (mot) 11th Royal Horse Artillery Regiment 88th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 44th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA 3rd Bn Coldstream Guards 2nd Bn Scots Guards 9th Bn The Rifle Brigade 12th Royal Lancers 2nd Royal Horse Artillery Regiment
10th Armoured Division
Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Staffordshire Yeomanry 3rd Bn The Royal Tank Regiment 1st Bn The Buffs 41st Bn The Royal Tank Regiment 45th Bn The Royal Tank Regiment 47th Bn The Royal Tank Regiment 11th Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn Royal Sussex Regiment 4th Bn Royal Sussex Regiment 5th Bn Royal Sussex Regiment 1st Bn Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Royal Horse Artillery Regiment 104th Royal Horse Artillery Regiment 98th Field Regiment 84th Anti-Tank Regiment 53rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 1st Royal Dragoons
9th Australian Division
20th Brigade 2/13th Battalion, 2/15th Battalion, 2/17th Battalion 24th Brigade 2/28th Battalion, 2/32nd Battalion, 2/43rd Battalion 26th Brigade 2/23rd Battalion, 2/24th Battalion, 2/48th Battalion
2nd New Zealand Division
21st NZ Infantry Btl 22nd NZ Infantry Battalion 23rd NZ Infantry Battalion 28th Maori Battalion 24th NZ Infantry Battalion 25th NZ Infantry Battalion 26th NZ Infantry Battalion 4th NZ Artillery Field Regiment 5th NZ Artillery Field Regiment 6th NZ Artillery Field Regiment 7th NZ Anti-Tank Regiment 14th NZ Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 2nd NZ Div Cavalry Regiment
51st Highland Division
1st Btn Black Watch Highlanders Rgt 5th Btn Black Watch Highlanders Rgt 7th Btn Black Watch Highlanders Rgt 2nd Seaforth Highlanders Btn 5th Seaforth Highlanders Btn 5th Btn Queen's Own-Cameron Highlanders 1st Gordon Highlanders Btn 5/7th Gordon Highlanders Btn 7th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Btn Middlesex Regiment
50th Infantry Division
69th, 151st Infantry brigades 1st Greek Brigade group 74th, 11th, 124th, 154th Field Royal Artillery Rgts 102nd Antitank Artillery Rgt 34th Anti Aircraft Artillery Rgt
44th Infantry Division
131st, 132nd, 133rd Infantry brigades 7th Chelshire Btn 53rd, 57th, 58th,65th Royal Field Artillery Rgts 30th Anti aircraft Artillery Rgt
4th Indian Division
5th, 7th, 161st Infantry Brigades 1st, 11th, 32nd Field Royal Artillery Rgts 149th antitank Rgt 57th antiaircraft Rgt 1st South African Division
1st, 2nd, 3rd Infantry Brigades 3rd AFV South African Rgt 1st President Steyn Rgt 1st, 4th, 7th SA Field Artillery Rgt 1st antitank SA Rgt 1st antiaircraft SA Rgt 8th Royal tanks Rgt Free French Brigade 1st Naval Infantry Btn 2nd Naval Infantry Btn 13th Foreign Legion Rgt French Pacific Btn |
