Khartoum Memorial
The Khartoum Memorial is a war memorial in on the south-eastern side of Khartoum, Sudan.[1][2][3]
The memorial lists the names of 590 Commonwealth military personnel who died during the 1940-1941 East African campaign of World War II (in the Sudan, or in the advance into Eritrea and Northern Ethiopia) and for whom there is no known grave.[1]
History[]
Architecture[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Khartoum Memorial". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Initial Encounters: Sudan 1940". The Soldier's Burden. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ Chhina, Rana T.S. (2014). "Last Post: Indian War Memorials around the World" (PDF). p. 235. ISBN 978-81-902097-9-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
Coordinates: 15°35′50″N 32°32′13″E / 15.59722°N 32.53703°E
Further reading[]
- Great Britain. Commonwealth War Graves Commission (1973), The war dead of the Commonwealth : the register of the names of those who fell in the 1939-1945 war and have no known grave : the Khartoum Memorial, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 15 October 2019
Categories:
- Cemeteries in Sudan
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Sudan