the Second World War, Tell El Kebir was a site for the Eighth Army vehicle park, a military hospital and a large ordnance depot, with many military mechanical and electrical repair workshops including the RAOC Base Vehicle Depot Tell El Kebir BVD(E) which remained for several years after the war as part of the Tell El Kebir Garrison which was surrounded by a perimeter wire and minefield, and heavily guarded due to the tense atmosphere in Egypt at the time, that supplied every type of vehicle used by the British Army in the Middle East Theatre until the Suez Emergency was declared, and fought in the Canal Zone. The cemetery now contains 65 Commonwealth graves from the First World War and 526 from the Second World War. There are also 84 military graves of other nations in the cemetery. It is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. See also List of cities and towns in Egypt Citations and notes References Ramsay, Roy, & Ramsay, Ronald James, Hell, Hope And Heroes: Life in the Field Ambulance in World War I, Rosenberg Publishing, Kenthurst NSW, 2005 Map of Suez Canal Zone showing Tel El Kebir Populated places in Ismailia Governorate World War I memorials World War II memorials Cemeteries in Egypt Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Egypt Installations of the British Army Cities in Egypt