El Alamein War Cemetery

E505696

war cemetery

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
El Alamein Commonwealth War Cemetery	1

Statements (46)

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

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Coast of Egypt → contains → El Alamein War Cemetery ⓘ

Matrouh Governorate → hasWarCemetery → El Alamein War Cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: El Alamein Commonwealth War Cemetery