Khartoum Memorial Explained

The Khartoum Memorial is a war memorial in Khartoum War Cemetery 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Khartoum Memorial. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191015012615/https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2054000/khartoum-memorial/. 2019-10-15. 2019-10-15.
  2. Web site: Initial Encounters: Sudan 1940. The Soldier's Burden. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191015013813/http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/571701.html. 2019-10-15. 2019-10-15.
  3. Book: Chhina, Rana T.S.. Last Post: Indian War Memorials around the World. 2014. 235. Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research, United Service Institution of India . 978-81-902097-9-3. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191015014009/https://www.mea.gov.in/Uploads/PublicationDocs/23460_IWM_Book__11-06-2014_.pdf. 15 October 2019. 15 October 2019.

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