Alamein Memorial

When designing the memorial, Worthington followed similar principles to First World War memorials, but made modifications on account of the climate and environment in Africa. This included building tall walls to keep out drifting sand, providing shelters from the sun, and planting succulents, including cacti in place of plants more common in Europe. ==War cemetery==

The attached war cemetery has graves of soldiers from various countries who fought on the Allied side. Buried here are 6,425 identified Commonwealth service personnel, 815 unidentified ones, and 102 of other nationalities. These include four Victoria Cross recipients: • Private Percy Gratwick, Second Australian Imperial Force • Private Arthur Stan Gurney, Second Australian Imperial Force • Sergeant William Bill Kibby, Second Australian Imperial Force • Private Adam Wakenshaw, Durham Light Infantry Others buried here include: • Squadron Leader George Barclay, Royal Air Force Battle of Britain fighter pilot • Major Henry Rew, Royal Tank Regiment This has monuments commemorating Greek, New Zealand, Australian, South African, Indian and Canadian forces. The cemetery entrance is through the Alamein Memorial and there is also a separate Alamein Cremation Memorial to 603 Commonwealth service personnel who died in Egypt and Libya and were cremated in line with their religion. The names of 213 Canadian airmen appear on the Alamein Memorial in Egypt. The cemetery was designed by Hubert Worthington. ==See also==