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Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt - In March 1915, the base of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force was transferred to Alexandria from Mudros and the city became a camp and hospital centre for Commonwealth and French troops. Among the medical units established there were the 17th, 19th, 21st, 78th and 87th General Hospitals and No 5 Indian Hospital. After the Gallipoli campaign of 1915, Alexandria remained an important hospital centre during later operations in Egypt and Palestine and the port was much used by hospital ships and troop transports bringing reinforcements and carrying the sick and wounded out of the theatres of war. This cemetery was begun in April 1916 when it was realised that the cemetery at Chatby would not be large enough. Most of the burials were made from the Alexandria hospitals, but a number of graves of December 1917 were due to the loss of the troop transports "Aragon" and "Osmanieh" which were sunk by torpedo and mine as they entered the port. The cemetery continued in use until December 1919 but later, some graves were brought in from small burial grounds in the western desert, Maadia and Rosetta. During the Second World War, Alexandria was again an important hospital centre, taking casualties from campaigns in the Western Desert, Greece, Crete, the Aegean Islands and the Mediterranean. Rest camps and hostels were also established there together with a powerful anti-aircraft base. Alexandria was also the communications centre for the middle and near east and became the headquarters of the Military Police. The cemetery at Hadra was extended for Second World War burials and was used from 1941. There are now 1,700 First World War burials in the cemetery and 1,305 from the Second World War. The cemetery also contains war graves of other nationalities and some non war burials.
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Born 1891
Died 1918
British Army 6377 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
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British Army 6428 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
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Born 1888
Died 1918
British Army 203107 Lance-Corporal Royal Highlanders 2nd Battalion
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Born 1894
Died 1918
British Army 5231 Private Seaforth Highlanders
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Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army 1932 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion
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Born 1873
Died 1918
British Army Captain Liverpool Regiment
British Army Captain British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
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Born 1898
Died 1917
British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant British West Indies Regiment
Other Empire Force Second Lieutenant St. Lucia Volunteers
British Army Lieutenant British West Indies Regiment attached Royal Flying Corps 5th Battalion and 22 Squadron
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Born 1897
Died 1917
British Army 2114 Serjeant Scottish Rifles
British Army 265572 Serjeant Scottish Rifles 7th Battalion
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Died 1918
British Army 8220 Private Leinster Regiment 1st Battalion
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Died 1919
British Army 9266 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion
British Army 9266 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion
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Died 1918
British Army 6754 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
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Born 1897
Died 1918
British Army T2404 Driver Royal Engineers
British Army 414074 Driver Royal Engineers 410th Field Company
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Died 1917
Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Osmanieh."
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Died 1918
British Army T/1601 Driver Army Service Corps
British Army 234822 Private Seaforth Highlanders 1st Battalion
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Died 1918
British Army 6833 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
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Born 1890
Died 1916
British Army 2994 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion
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Born 1895
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Voluntary Aid Detachment 14th (Wiltshire)
Other Empire Force Voluntary Aid Detachment Military Hospital, Sutton Verney
Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment 14th VAD Wiltshire
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Born 1889
Died 1917
British Army Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
British Army 83/11/1057 Special Military Probationer Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
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Born 1870
Died 1917
British Army R/853 Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Attached H.M.S. "Osmanieh"
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Died 1918
British Army 6440 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
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