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soldiers killed in Tunisia during World War II are buried in eight
cemeteries: six in the north of the country, one in Enfidha and
one in Sfax. The largest, Mdjez El Bab cemetery has a commemorative
monument bearing the names of 1959 missing-in-action soldiers.
Four cemeteries are located off the road between Béja and
Tunis.
The Medjez El Bab cemetery is the largest of the eight
British cemeteries with 3,000 graves. The cemetery is near Medjez
El Bab, sixty kilometres west of Tunis, on the road to Béja.
The cemetery may be reached from Tunis by train, bus or taxi.
Another military cemetery is located in Bordj El Amri, ex-Massicault,
thirty kilometres from Tunis, on the road to Béja.
Located near the entrance of the village, the cemetery contains
the graves of 1,578 military men mostly killed during the last
assault on Tunis in April and May 1943. The village may be reached
by taxi or bus.
Oued Zarga is a small village about eighty kilometres west of
Tunis, on the road to Béja. On the bank of a lake, on the
other side of the road leading to the village, is a small cemetery
containing 239 British officers and soldiers, and 8 Indian soldiers.
Béja is a major agricultural and industrial centre about
one hundred and fifty kilometres west of Tunis. The British cemetery
is north of the city and contains 396 graves. You can reach Béja by train or bus.
Tabarka is a beautiful tourist resort on the northern coast. This
is one of the most modern resorts in Tunisia, one hundred and
seventy-five kilometres west of Tunis, not far from the border
between Tunisia and Algeria. Fourteen kilometres east of Tabarka
lies the 500-grave cemetery.
Tabarka may be reached from Tunis by train, bus, or taxi. It
may also be reached by plane, as it has its own international
airport.
The village is about twenty-five kilometres south of Béja
and about fifteen kilometres north of Teboursouk, on the way to
Kef. Among trees and green areas, on a picturesque slope, lies
the cemetery with its 100 graves: including 94 British soldiers,
4 British pilots, and 1 Canadian soldier.
Enfidha is about ninety-five kilometres south of Tunis and at
about the same distance if you are traveling on the GP1 from Hammamet
or Sousse. You may also take the Tunis-Msaken highway. Enfidha
may be reached by train, bus, or taxi from Sousse, Hammamet, or
Tunis.
The Enfidha cemetery contains 1,551 graves of British soldiers
killed during the last battles of the North African campaign.
Sfax, 'Capital of the South', the second largest city, is situated
on the coast, 270 km south of Tunis. Various means of transport
link Sfax to coastal towns such as Tunis, Gabès, and Sousse,
and other towns inside the country such as Sbeitla and Kairouan.
The military cemetery is 4 km south of Sfax, on the road to Gabès,
inside the civilian cemetery. The Indian military patch is partly
outside the cemetery. The military cemetery contains 1,254 graves. |
