Established 1926 Total commemorated 4000 | Total burials over 4000 | |
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Unveiled 1926, destroyed 1967 & relocated Location near Suez, Egypt; later relocated to Cairo Heliopolis Designed by John James Burnet, Thomas S. Tait, Charles Sargeant Jagger Designers Charles Sargeant Jagger, John James Burnet, Thomas S. Tait | ||
The Port Tewfik Memorial (also known as the Indian War Memorial) was originally situated at Port Tewfik (or Port Taufiq), now called Suez Port, on the Suez Canal. It was unveiled in May 1926 for the Imperial War Graves Commission (now Commonwealth War Graves Commission) and commemorated 4,000 officers and men of the Indian Army killed during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during the First World War. The original memorial was designed by Scottish architects John James Burnet and Thomas S. Tait, and included sculptures by British sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger.
The memorial was destroyed by retreating Egyptian troops during the Six-Day War of 1967 and later relocated to the Heliopolis War Cemetery on Nabil el Wakkad Street in the Heliopolis district of Cairo. Panels bearing the names of the fallen have been mounted in the entrance pavilions to the War Cemetery.
The modern Heliopolis War Cemetery also contains: