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.[1]

History

Architecture

References

  1. 1 2 "Khartoum Memorial". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. "Initial Encounters: Sudan 1940". The Soldier's Burden. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  3. 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.

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