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...
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Sjt. Robert Alexander Livingstone
Born in Bedford. Died aged 31 years, killed by the IRA Regent's Park bomb.
1 memorial
Maxim Gun
The first portable automatic machine gun. In the 1888 photograph the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) is firing with Maxim standing behind.
1 memorial
Shadwell Drill Shed
We can find no image of the Drill Hall but have found a "Drill Shed" on a 1887 map. In Google Satellite View we can see about 3 buildings labelled Shadwell Basin Activities Centre on the site.
1 memorial
William Robert Arnell
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
War dead, Other war
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