Commonwealth War Graves Casablanca - Ben M’Sik

American troops landed at Casablanca at the beginning of the Allied campaign in north-west Africa. Ben M'Sik European Cemetery contains 36 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. The Commonwealth plot also contains two war graves of other nationalities and seven non-war burials. Among the latter is the grave of Field Marshall Sir Claude Auchinleck who held a number of commands during the Second World War. He died in 1981 at the age of 96 and is buried alongside Galley Boy Raymond Steed, who at 14 years of age was the youngest known Commonwealth casualty of the Second World War.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Commonwealth War Graves Commission