Shatby

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Shatby
الشاطبي
A mosque and a church in Suez Canal Street, Al Shatby. The Alexandria Tram line is visible crossing the street.
A mosque and a church in Suez Canal Street, Al Shatby. The Alexandria Tram line is visible crossing the street.
Location in Egypt
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Country  Egypt
Governorate Alexandria
Time zone EST (UTC+2)

Shatby or Chatby (Arabic: الشاطبي‎‎) is a neighbourhood in midtown Alexandria, Egypt, just east of Cape Silsileh.

Institutions

Many important institutes are located in Shatby, such as:

Cemetery and war memorial

The main Alexandria cemetery complex is in Shatby. It includes the Alexandria Military and War Memorial Cemetery, a Commonwealth War Cemetery that includes the graves of British and Empire service personnel killed in the First and Second World Wars.[1] 2,259 are from the First World War and 503 are from the Second World War.[1]

Also in the military cemetery is the Chatby Memorial, which commemorates 986 United Kingdom and British Empire service personnel who died at sea in the Mediterranean in the First World War and have no grave on land.[2] Most were killed in the sinking of troop ships or defensively armed merchant ships, including HMT Aragon, HMT Cameronia, HMT Leasowe Castle, HMT Osmanieh and SS Persia.[2]

See also

References

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