medjez-el-bab war cemetery

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Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery
LOCATIONMedjez el Bab, Béja, Tunisia Show Map
MEMORIALS2,527 added (7% photographed)
CEMETERY ID2225062
Medjez-el-Bab is 60 kilometres west of Tunis. The Cemetery is situated 3 kilometres west of the town on the road to Le Kef (Route P5).

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.

There are 2903 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery. 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. Within the cemetery stands the Medjez-el-Bab Memorial, bearing the names of almost 2000 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 five World War I burials in Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery were brought in from Tunis (Belvedere) Cemetery or Carthage (Basilica Karita) Cemetery in 1950.
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  1. ARMY CDOS Hanson, John Francis

    SURNAME Hanson FORENAME John Francis UNIT 6 Commando RANK Private NUMBER 2992360 DATE OF DEATH 26th February 1943 AGE 31 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery,Tunisia 6.B.12 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders born Glasgow resided London...

  2. ARMY CDOS Cunningham, John Edwin George (Jack)

    SURNAME Cunningham FORENAME John Edwin George (Jack) UNIT 6 Commando RANK Lance Sergeant NUMBER 4612416 DATE OF DEATH 26th February 1943 AGE 29 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery,Tunisia 1.A.5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West...

  3. ARMY CDOS Cringan, William

    SURNAME Cringan FORENAME William UNIT 6 Commando RANK Private NUMBER 3132610 DATE OF DEATH 26th February 1943 AGE 24 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery,Tunisia 16.B.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Durham Light Infantry born Kilmarnock,Ayrshire son of Thomas D. and...

  4. ARMY CDOS Barry, Jeremiah

    SURNAME Barry FORENAME Jeremiah UNIT 6 Commando (5 Troop) RANK Private NUMBER 3970602 DATE OF DEATH 26th February 1943 AGE 26 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery,Tunisia 16.B.5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Welch Regiment born Cardiff resided Cardiff KIA North Africa

  5. ARMY CDOS Bonvin, John Alexander

    SURNAME Bonvin FORENAME John Alexander UNIT 6 Commando (6 Troop) RANK Lieutenant NUMBER 109543 DATE OF DEATH 26th February 1943 AGE 24 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery,Tunisia 5.G.20 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit 6 Bn Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) true name...

  6. LRDG Rezin, Gordon Donald (Happy)

    SURNAME Rezin FORENAME Gordon Donald (Happy) UNIT LRDG S2 Patrol RANK Private NUMBER 2990810 DATE OF DEATH 20th February 1943 AGE 26 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery,Tunisia 17.A.16 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit 1 Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders son of...

  7. SCUS Gallagher, Stanley Arthur

    SURNAME Gallagher FORENAME Stanley Arthur UNIT R.A.F.V.R. 3201 Servicing Commando Unit RANK Leading Aircraftsman NUMBER 1035703 DATE OF DEATH 22nd November 1942 AGE 22 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia ADDITIONAL INFORMATION son of William and Annie...

  8. SCUS Clarke, George

    SURNAME Clarke FORENAME George UNIT R.A.F.V.R. 3201 Servicing Commando Unit RANK Aircraftsman First Class NUMBER 1240138 DATE OF DEATH 22nd November 1942 AGE 31 GRAVESITE Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia 6.C.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION husband of Lillian S.Clarke...
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