Remembering Today Casualty Details | CWGC Trooper EDWARD CERNYW JONES 7925028, 42nd (23rd Bn. The London Regt.), Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. who died on 28 January 1944 Remembered with honour ALAMEIN MEMORIAL Memorial Reference: Column 23. Location: Egypt Additional Info: Son of Edward and Gwladys O. Jones, of Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire.
CLI - this is a bit odd as the 42nd RTR were part of 1st Armoured Bde in the desert in 1941 along with 8th and 44th RTR - but after the Crusader battle they seem to have disappeared although both 8th and 44th went on both to fight again in Italy - so it's surprising that this chap with an old RTR number died and was buried in the Alamein cemetery in January of 1944 - some reports have them fitted with the Canal Searchlight system for D Day .... Cheers
He's not buried there, he's on the Memorial. He has no known grave. The ALAMEIN MEMORIAL forms the entrance to Alamein War Cemetery. The Land Forces panels commemorate more than 8,500 soldiers of the Commonwealth who died in the campaigns in Egypt and Libya, and in the operations of the Eighth Army in Tunisia up to 19 February 1943, who have no known grave. It also commemorates those who served and died in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Persia.
He was a POW. he was killed when the train he was in (being taken to Germany) was hit by the USAF near Orvieto.