medjez-el-bab memorial

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. In the south, the Axis forces defeated at El Alamein withdrew 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.

Medjez-el-Bab was at the limit of the Allied advance in December 1942 and remained on the front line until the decisive Allied advances of April and May 1943.

The MEDJEZ-EL-BAB MEMORIAL commemorates almost 2,000 men of the First Army who died during the operations in Algeria and Tunisia between 8 November 1942 and 19 February 1943, and those of the First and Eighth Armies who died in operations in the same areas between 20 February 1943 and 13 May 1943, and who have no known graves.

The memorial stands within MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY where 2,903 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War are buried or commemorated. 385 of the burials are unidentified. Special memorials commemorate three soldiers buried in Tunis (Borgel) Cemetery and one in Youks-les-Bains Cemetery, whose graves are now lost.

The five First World War burials in Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery were brought in from Tunis (Belvedere) Cemetery or in Carthage (Basilica Karita) Cemetery in 1950.

The MEMORIAL and CEMETERY were designed by Sir J. Hubert Worthington.
  1. ARMY CDOS Weaver, Edward Walter

    SURNAME Weaver FORENAME Edward Walter UNIT 1 Commando RANK Private NUMBER 3973708 DATE OF DEATH 1st December 1942 AGE 20 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab Memorial,Tunisia Face 23 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Welch Regiment born Chester resided Chester son of David William...
  2. ARMY CDOS Strange, George

    SURNAME Strange FORENAME George UNIT 6 Commando RANK Private NUMBER 3389775 DATE OF DEATH 6th January 1943 AGE 27 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab Memorial,Tunisia Face 20 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit East Lancashire Regiment born Lancashire son of Sidney and Matilda...
  3. ARMY CDOS Stewart, John Rattray Chalmers

    SURNAME Stewart FORENAME John Rattray Chalmers UNIT former 2 Commando RANK Captain NUMBER 92023 DATE OF DEATH 24th November 1942 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab Memorial,Tunisia Face 23 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit 8 Bn King's Regiment (Liverpool) born...
  4. ARMY CDOS Smith, George Edward

    SURNAME Smith FORENAME George Edward UNIT 6 Commando RANK Private NUMBER 5051523 DATE OF DEATH 24th-25th November 1942 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab Memorial,Tunisia Face 28 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit 2 Bn North Staffordshire Regiment born Staffordshire son of...
  5. ARMY CDOS Slavin, Gerrard

    SURNAME Slavin FORENAME Gerrard UNIT 1 Commando RANK Private NUMBER 7942540 DATE OF DEATH 6th December 1942 AGE 22 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab Memorial,Tunisia Face 23 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Welch Regiment born Fife son of James and Annie (nee Ward)...
  6. ARMY CDOS Slater, Arthur

    SURNAME Slater FORENAME Arthur UNIT 6 Commando RANK Private NUMBER 4128169 DATE OF DEATH 6th January 1943 AGE 25 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab Memorial,Tunisia Face 19 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Cheshire Regiment born Birkenhead,Cheshire resided Birkenhead,Cheshire son...
  7. ARMY CDOS Scott, John Murray

    SURNAME Scott FORENAME John Murray UNIT 6 Commando (3 Troop) RANK Captain NUMBER 124144 DATE OF DEATH 30th November 1942 AGE 26 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab Memorial,Tunisia Face 21 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Border Regiment born London resided London NW son of John...
  8. ARMY CDOS Sadler, Richard

    SURNAME Sadler FORENAME Richard UNIT 6 Commando RANK Lance Sergeant NUMBER 2328048 DATE OF DEATH 30th November 1942 AGE 27 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab Memorial,Tunisia Face 11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Royal Corps of Signals born Cambridgeshire resided London son of...
  9. ARMY CDOS Ripley, Henry

    SURNAME Ripley FORENAME Henry UNIT 6 Commando RANK Lance Corporal NUMBER 5389386 DATE OF DEATH 6th January 1943 AGE 22 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab Memorial,Tunisia Face 24 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry born Kent son of...
  10. ARMY CDOS Phillips, Wilfrid Harold

    SURNAME Phillips FORENAME Wilfrid Harold UNIT 1 Commando RANK Private NUMBER 4105154 DATE OF DEATH 1st-6th December 1942 AGE 22 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab Memorial,Tunisia Face 27 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit King's Shropshire Light Infantry former Herefordshire...
  11. ARMY CDOS Phelan, Francis Edward

    SURNAME Phelan FORENAME Francis Edward UNIT 2 Commando RANK Private NUMBER 6351455 DATE OF DEATH 5th May 1943 AGE 22 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab Memorial,Tunisia Face 26 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment born Surrey resided Middlesex...
  12. ARMY CDOS Nettleton, Harold

    SURNAME Nettleton FORENAME Harold UNIT 6 Commando RANK Lance Bombardier NUMBER 857486 DATE OF DEATH 26th February 1943 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab Memorial,Tunisia Face 6 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Royal Artillery born Bradford,Yorkshire son of Henry and Maud...
  13. ARMY CDOS Morgan, Harold Rees

    SURNAME Morgan FORENAME Harold Rees UNIT 1 Commando RANK Captain NUMBER 88079 DATE OF DEATH 1st December 1942 AGE 26 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab Memorial,Tunisia Face 23 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Welch Regiment born Carmarthenshire son of William Thomas and Margaret...
  14. ARMY CDOS Metcalfe, Walter

    SURNAME Metcalfe FORENAME Walter UNIT 6 Commando (5 Troop) RANK Private NUMBER 3864601 DATE OF DEATH 6th January 1943 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab Memorial,Tunisia Face 25 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) born Lancashire resided...
  15. ARMY CDOS Meehan, Hugh

    SURNAME Meehan FORENAME Hugh UNIT 6 Commando RANK Corporal NUMBER 5989347 DATE OF DEATH 30th November 1942 AGE 27 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab Memorial,Tunisia Face 17 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment born Yorkshire son of Hugh and...
  16. ARMY CDOS MacPherson, John Brown

    SURNAME MacPherson FORENAME John Brown UNIT 6 Commando RANK Signalman NUMBER 2326886 DATE OF DEATH 13th December 1942 AGE 24 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab Memorial,Tunisia Face 11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Royal Corps of Signals born Dunfermline,Fife resided Perth son...
  17. ARMY CDOS Lord, Robert Stephen

    SURNAME Lord FORENAME Robert Stephen UNIT 6 Commando RANK Fusilier NUMBER 4206066 DATE OF DEATH 30th November 1942 AGE 21 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab Memorial,Tunisia Face 19 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Royal Welch Fusiliers born Lancashire son of Robert and Lily...
  18. ARMY CDOS Lewis, Frank

    SURNAME Lewis FORENAME Frank UNIT 1 Commando RANK Lance Sergeant NUMBER 3960926 DATE OF DEATH 6th December 1942 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab Memorial,Tunisia Face 23 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Welch Regiment born Merthyr Tydfil,Glamorgan son of John and...
  19. ARMY CDOS Jenkins, Edward

    SURNAME Jenkins FORENAME Edward UNIT 6 Commando (6 Troop) RANK Private NUMBER 5336785 DATE OF DEATH 30th November 1942 AGE 21 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab Memorial,Tunisia Face 25 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Royal Berkshire Regiment born London E resided London E son...
  20. ARMY CDOS Humphreys, James

    SURNAME Humphreys FORENAME James UNIT 1 Commando RANK Private NUMBER 3958742 DATE OF DEATH 28th February 1943 AGE 28 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab Memorial,Tunisia Face 23 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Welch Regiment born Swansea,Glamorgan husband of Dorothy...
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