Town in Egypt. The name means 'two worlds'. It was the scene of two battles in 1942, fought by Britain and its allies against the axis of Germany and Italy.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
El Alamein
Commemorated ati
El Alamein stone
{Inscription in the steel panel at the front of the memorial:} Harrow honours...
Other Subjects
Memorable Order of Tin Hats / MOTH
Founded by Charles Evenden as a brotherhood of South African front-line ex-soldiers. The club-houses are known as shell-holes.
1 memorial
Cuthbert Bromley, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 25 April 1915, age 36, while serving in the Lancashire Fusiliers. "[Despite] deadly fire from hidden machine guns and being severely wounded he continued to lead h...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Major-General Sir George Joseph Hamilton Evatt, KCB
George Joseph Hamilton Evatt was born on 11 November 1843 in Dublin, Ireland, the eldest child of Captain George Joseph Evatt of the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot (1813-1858) and Mary Anne Evatt n...
1 memorial
W. Skinner
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
A. E. Grundy
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
War dead, Other war
1 memorial