Location Information:
Dely Ibrahim is a suburb about 10 kilometres south-west of Algiers on the road to Blida. The War Cemetery is located just off the main road and next to the German Military Cemetery. GPS Co-ordinates: Latitude: 36.751045, Longitude: 2.987723.
Historical Information:
Allied troops made a series of landings on the Algerian coast in early November 1942. From there, they swept east into Tunisia, where the North African campaign came to an end in May 1943 with the surrender of the Axis forces. Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery contains 494 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War and 11 war graves of other nationalities. There are also 25 non-war graves, mostly of merchant seamen whose deaths were not due to war service.
Cemetery Details
Cemetery name:
DELY IBRAHIM WAR CEMETERY
Cemetery Location:
Algeria
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NZ Casualties:
1
Total Known Casualties:
486
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