massicault war cemetery

MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY
Jocks in the Jungle: The Black Watch and Cameronians as Chindits
Jocks in the Jungle: The Black Watch and Cameronians as Chindits
By Gordon Thorburn
SAS - Men in the Making: An Original's Account of Operations in Sicily and Italy
SAS - Men in the Making: An Original's Account of Operations in Sicily and Italy
By Peter Davis
MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY
HISTORY INFORMATION
In May 1943, the war in North Africa came to an end in Tunisia with the defeat of the Axis powers by a combined Allied force. The campaign began on 8 November 1942, when Commonwealth and American troops made a series of landings in Algeria and Morocco. The Germans responded immediately by sending a force from Sicily to northern Tunisia, which checked the Allied advance east in early December. Meanwhile, in the south, the Axis forces defeated at El Alamein were withdrawing into Tunisia along the coast through Libya, pursued by the Allied Eighth Army. By mid April 1943, the combined Axis force was hemmed into a small corner of north-eastern Tunisia and the Allies were grouped for their final offensive. Many of those buried at Massicault War Cemetery died in the preparation for the final drive to Tunis in April 1943 and in that advance at the beginning of May. The cemetery contains 1,576 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 130 of them unidentified.
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  1. PARAS Maguire, Thomas

    SURNAME Maguire FORENAME Thomas UNIT 2 Bn RANK Sergeant NUMBER 2821897 DATE OF DEATH 5th February 1943 AGE GRAVESITE Massicault War Cemetery,Tunisia VI.L.16 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Greenock,Renfrewshire resided Greenock,Renfrewshire husband of Eva Maguire died North...

  2. PARAS Teichman, Philip Raymond

    SURNAME Teichman FORENAME Philip Raymond UNIT 2 Bn RANK Major NUMBER 64263 DATE OF DEATH 1st-5th December 1942 AGE 30 GRAVESITE Massicault War Cemetery,Tunisia IV.A.9 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Reading,Berkshire son of Major Oskar,DSO,MBE,MC and Edith Henrietta...

  3. PARAS Charteris, Euan Basil Cyril

    SURNAME Charteris FORENAME Euan Basil Cyril UNIT 2 Bn RANK Lieutenant NUMBER 174279 DATE OF DEATH 3rd December 1942 AGE 21 GRAVESITE Massicault War Cemetery,Tunisia III.A.20 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born India resided Surrey son of Brigadier General John,CMG,DSO and Noel...

  4. PARAS Berryman, Frederick Charles

    SURNAME Berryman FORENAME Frederick Charles UNIT 2 Bn RANK Lance Corporal NUMBER 6200382 DATE OF DEATH 30th November 1942 AGE 29 GRAVESITE Massicault War Cemetery,Tunisia III.A.19 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born London W resided London W former Middlesex Regiment died North...

  5. PARAS Young, Herbert

    SURNAME Young FORENAME Herbert UNIT 2 Bn RANK Private NUMBER 5830656 DATE OF DEATH 30th November 1942 AGE 24 GRAVESITE Massicault War Cemetery,Tunisia Coll.grave III.L.19 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Liverpool resided Birmingham son of Henry and Harriet...

  6. PARAS Wain, Walter

    SURNAME Wain FORENAME Walter UNIT 2 Bn RANK Private NUMBER 2052215 DATE OF DEATH 30th November 1942 AGE 26 GRAVESITE Massicault War Cemetery,Tunisia Coll.grave III.L.19 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Staffordshire resided Staffordshire former Royal Engineers award Mention...

  7. ARMY CDOS Westcott, Samuel Charles

    SURNAME Westcott FORENAME Samuel Charles UNIT 1 Commando RANK Lance Corporal NUMBER 5671053 DATE OF DEATH 10th December 1942 AGE 27 GRAVESITE Massicault War Cemetery,Tunisia VI.A.17 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Somerset Light Infantry born Plymouth,Devon resided...

  8. ARMY CDOS Sando, Thomas

    SURNAME Sando FORENAME Thomas UNIT 1 Commando RANK Private NUMBER 3969167 DATE OF DEATH 7th December 1942 AGE 24 GRAVESITE Massicault War Cemetery,Tunisia VI.A.16 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Welch Regiment born Middlesex resided Middlesex son of Percy and...

  9. ARMY CDOS Powell, Christopher William

    SURNAME Powell FORENAME Christopher William UNIT 1 Commando RANK Fusilier NUMBER 2149919 DATE OF DEATH 2nd December 1942 AGE 21 GRAVESITE Massicault War Cemetery,Tunisia VI.A.20 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Royal Welch Fusiliers born Shropshire resided shropshire...

  10. ARMY CDOS Loakes, Stanley John

    SURNAME Loakes FORENAME Stanley John UNIT 1 Commando RANK Lance Corporal NUMBER 4038903 DATE OF DEATH 2nd December 1942 AGE 22 GRAVESITE Massicault War Cemetery,Tunisia VI.C.7 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit King's Shropshire Light Infantry born Salford,Lancashire...
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