Port Tewfik Memorial
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| Port Tewfik Memorial | |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
| For officers and men of the Indian Army killed who gave their lives on the Sinai Peninsula in World War I | |
| Established | 1926 |
| Unveiled | 1926, destroyed 1967 & relocated |
| Location | Coordinates: near Suez, Egypt; later relocated to Cairo Heliopolis |
| Designed by | John James Burnet, Thomas S. Tait, Charles Sargeant Jagger |
| Total burials | over 4000 |
| Total commemorated | 4000 |
| Burials by nation | |
| India | |
| Burials by war | |
| *First World War | |
| Statistics source: CWGC | |
The Port Tewfik Memorial (also known as the Indian War Memorial) was originally situated at Port Tewfik (or Port Taufiq) on the Suez Canal. It was unveiled in May 1926 by for the Imperial War Graves Commission and commemorated 4,000 officers and men of the Indian Army killed during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during the First World War[1]. The original memorial was designed by Scottish architects John James Burnet and Thomas S. Tait[2], and included sculptures by British sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger.
The memorial was destroyed by retreating Egyptian troops during Israeli-Egyptian fighting in 1967, and the memorial was relocated to the Heliopolis War Cemetery on Nabil el Wakkard Street in the Heliopolis district of Cairo. Panels bearing the names of the fallen have been mounted in the entrance pavilions to the War Cemetery[1].
The modern Heliopolis War Cemetery also contains
- the Aden Memorial, commemorating over 600 men of the Commonwealth forces who died in the defence of Aden during the First World War. The Aden memorial was also destroyed during fighting in 1967.
- over 1,700 graves of British Commonwealth soldiers of the Second World War and a number of war graves of other nationalities[1].
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Heliopolis (Port Tewfik) Memorial. Retrieved on 2007-10-31.
- ^ Port Tewfik War Memorial. Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved on 2007-10-31.
[edit] External links
- CWGC cemetery register: Details • Reports • Plans • Photographs
- Heliopolis War Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt - WW1cemeteries.com
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