El Alamein War Cemetery

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El Alamein War Cemetery is a Commonwealth military burial ground in Egypt commemorating soldiers who died in the pivotal World War II battles around El Alamein.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf war cemetery
burialsFromCountry Australia
Canada
France
Greece
India
New Zealand
Poland
South Africa
United Kingdom
other Commonwealth nations
commemoratesBattle Battle of Alam el Halfa
First Battle of El Alamein
Second Battle of El Alamein
commemoratesConflict Second World War
linked to: World War II
commemoratesTheatre North African Campaign
Western Desert Campaign
country Egypt
designedBy Sir Hubert Worthington
eraOfConstruction post-World War II
establishedFor Commonwealth military personnel killed in North Africa
hasAdjacentSite El Alamein War Museum
German War Cemetery at El Alamein
Italian War Cemetery at El Alamein
hasFeature Cross of Sacrifice
Stone of Remembrance
entrance building
landscaped gardens
perimeter walls
rows of Portland stone headstones
hasLanguageOnInscriptions English
other Commonwealth languages
hasMemorialForMissing El Alamein Memorial
locatedIn El Alamein
locatedInRegion Matrouh Governorate
locatedNear Mediterranean Sea
locatedOn Alexandria–Marsa Matrouh road
maintainedBy Commonwealth War Graves Commission
numberCommemoratedOnMemorial over 11845
numberOfBurials over 7100
numberOfIdentifiedBurials about 6000
numberOfUnidentifiedBurials over 1100
openToPublic yes
ownedBy Commonwealth War Graves Commission
primaryBurialPeriod 1940–1943
purpose to commemorate Commonwealth soldiers who died in the battles around El Alamein

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North Coast of Egypt contains El Alamein War Cemetery
Matrouh Governorate hasWarCemetery El Alamein Commonwealth War Cemetery
linked to: El Alamein War Cemetery
Western Egypt hasTouristAttraction El Alamein war cemeteries
linked to: El Alamein War Cemetery