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
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El Alamein
Commemorated ati
El Alamein stone
{Inscription in the steel panel at the front of the memorial:} Harrow honours...
Other Subjects
John Elisha Grimshaw, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 25 April 1915, age 22, while serving in the Lancashire Fusiliers. "One of the six VCs awarded before breakfast on 25 4 1915. Selected by his comrades as one of the...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
John Galliford Webber
Born near Barnstaple, Devon. From the picture source website: "7 years 2nd Life Guards, London. Licencee Hare & Hounds South Molton & then ran Clockmaker & Gunsmith shop in East St. ( ...
1 memorial
P. Fenton
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Edwin Thomas Knott
Edwin Thomas Knott was born on 3 December 1894 in Greenwich, London, the eldest of the twelve children of Edwin Thomas Knott (1873-1938) and Elizabeth Mary Knott née Barlow (1875-1941). His birth w...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
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