The Suez Canal Zone of Egypt

Roll of Honour    1951 - 1955

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.


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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
Border 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 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
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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
crest

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
crest

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


21 Jan 1954
Fayid


45 Commando
crest

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


20 Jun 1955
Fayid


ROYAL DRAGOONS
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Name
Rank
Number
Age
Additional Data
Date
Cemetery
Bedford  A
Trooper
22435195

'A' Sqdn. Royal Dragoons
26 Dec 1951
Moascar
Hirst  A G H
Second Lieutenant
411969

1st Royal Dragoons
21 Jul 1951
Fayid


ROYAL INNISKILLING DRAGOON GUARDS
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Name
Rank
Number
Age
Additional Data
Date
Cemetery
Flanagan  R
Trooper
22757791

Royal Armoured Corps
11 Aug 1953
Fayid



11th ROYAL HUSSARS
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Name
Rank
Number
Age
Additional Data
Date
Cemetery
Copeland  R G G
Major
190476
32
Royal Armoured Corps
20 Dec 1952
Fayid

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THE ROYAL TANK REGIMENT
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Name
Rank
Number
Age
Additional Data
Date
Cemetery
Grieve  A J
Second Lieutenant
441783

1st  Bn.
27 Aug 1955
Fayid
Griffin  P A
Trooper
22671063

1st  Bn.
4 Apr 1954
Fayid
Higham  J
Trooper
22444241

4th  Bn.
31 Jan 1952
Fayid
Rudkin M F S
Major
73205
35

3 Jun 1953
Fayid
Symington  J
Lance Corporal
22788314

1st  Bn.
30 Aug 1954
Fayid



THE ROYAL ARTILLERY
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Name
Rank
Number
Age
Additional Data
Date
Cemetery