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
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