The Suez Canal Zone of Egypt  1950 - 1955

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The Roll of Honour

This Roll of Honour is dedicated to all British and Commonwealth personnel who lost their lives whilst serving
in any capacity in the Suez Canal Zone of Egypt during the 'Emergency' of 1951 - 1954 and in the year following.



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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning:
We will remember them.

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Entries are listed in:  Branch of Service, Regiment, Corps, Unit and Civilian categories.


LINKS TO THE LISTS
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THE SENIOR SERVICE
Royal Navy
 Royal  Marines
   40  Commando
   42  Commando
 45 Commando


ARMY REGIMENTS  -  CORPS  -  UNITS
(In alphabetical order)
11th Royal Hussars
 		Army Air Corps
 		Army Catering Corps
Army Physical Training Corps
 		Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment
 		Cheshire Regiment
Coldstream Guards
 		East Lancashire Regiment
 		East Surrey Regiment
General Headquarters
 		Green Howards
 		Grenadier Guards
Highland Light Infantry
 		Intelligence Corps
 		Irish Guards
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
 		Lancashire Fusiliers
 		Loyal Regiment
Northamptonshire Regiment
 		Parachute Regiment
 		Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
Queen's Bays - 2nd Dragoon Guards
 		Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
 		Royal Army Medical Corps
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
 		Royal Army Pay Corps
 		Royal Army Service Corps
Royal Artillery
 		Royal Berkshire Regiment
 		Royal Border Regiment
Royal Corps of Signals
 		Royal Dragoons
 		Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
Royal Engineers
 		Royal Fusiliers
 		Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
 		Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
 		Royal Military Police
Royal Norfolk Regiment
 		Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
 		Royal Pioneer Corps
Royal Scots
 		Royal Sussex Regiment
 		Royal Tank Regiment
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
 		Scots Guards
 		South Lancashire Regiment
South Staffordshire Regiment
 		South Wales Borderers
 		Welsh Guards
Women's Royal Army Corps
York & Lancaster Regiment

OTHER  SERVICES
Royal Air Force
 		Malta Air Crash
February 1956
 		Royal Fleet Auxiliary
 		Merchant Navy

 CIVILIANS
Service Dependants
 		Service Children
 		N.A.A.F.I.
 		Convent of St. Vincent de Paul

COMMONWEALTH FORCES
East Africa
 		Mauritius
 		Rhodesia
 		Seychelles

Addendum
 		Ammendments & Additions


--------------The Roll of Honour--------------


THE ROYAL NAVY

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Name
 Rank
 Number
 Age
 Ship
 Date
 Cemetery
Gaish  E R
 Electrical Mechanic
 SMX 864324
HMS 'Chevron'
 24 May 1953
 Fayid
Hill F A
 Leading Seaman
 P/JX 292525
HMS 'Glasgow'
 7 Sep 1953
 Fayid
Johnston  T J
 Stoker Mechanic

HMS 'Saintes'
 3 Dec 1953
 Fayid
Kerr  T
 Able Seaman
 C/JX 657486
 28
 HMS  'Dilwara'
 28 Mar 1954
 Moascar
Miller  N S
 Surgeon Commander

HMS 'Osiris'
 29 Jan 1952
  New British
Protestant. Cairo
 Surgeon Commander N S Miller, RN. was killed in the Cairo riots of January 1952.   (See notes in the 'Addendum')



THE ROYAL MARINES 

Name
 Rank
 Number
 Age
 Ship
 Date
 Cemetery
Underwood  G L
 Marine
 POX 6234
HMS  'Glasgow'
 28 Aug 1953
 Fayid

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3 COMMANDO BRIGADE - ROYAL MARINES
40 Commando
 
Name
 Rank
 Number
 Age
 Additional Data
 Date
 Cemetery
Burtenshaw  D E
 Marine
 PO 6136
24
17 May 1953
 Imtarfa, Malta
Don  R
 Lance Corporal
 RM 9835
 23
23 May 1953
 Imtarfa, Malta
  These two Marines lost their lives whilst taking part in an exercise from the Canal Zone and were victims of an aeroplane accident in Malta.  Marine Burtenshaw died in the crash and L/Cpl Don died later as the result of injuries received.


42 Commando
 
Name
 Rank
 Number
 Age
 Additional Data
 Date
 Cemetery
Morris  H A
 Corporal
 RM/8206

21 Jan 1954
 Fayid


45 Commando
 
Name
 Rank
 Number
 Age
 Additional Data
 Date
 Cemetery
Davies  D
 Sergeant
 PL/X 5022

6 Jul 1953
 Moascar
Findlay  M
 Marine
 RM/11460
 20
23 Jan 1954
 Moascar
Jennings  F
 Marine
 PLY/X 1997
 34
18 Feb 1954
 Moascar
Masters  W M
 Marine
 PO/X1118

6 Jul 1953
 Moascar
Morris  H A
 Corporal
 RM/8206

21 Jan 1954
 Fayid


THE BRITISH ARMY
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THE ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS

THE QUEEN’S BAYS  (2nd DRAGOON GUARDS) 

Name
 Rank
 Number
 Age
 Additional Data
 Date
 Cemetery
Wood  K A
 Trooper
 22963168

20 Jun 1955
 Fayid



ROYAL DRAGOONS 

Name
 Rank
 Number
 Age
 Additional Data
 Date
 Cemetery
Bedford  A
 Trooper
 22435195
'A' Sqdn. Royal Dragoons
 26 Dec 1951
 Moascar