Oued Zarga War Cemetery
- Country Tunisia
- Total identified casualties 241 Find these casualties
- Identified casualties from Second World War
- GPS Coordinates Latitude: 36.67692, Longitude: 9.41363
Location information
Oued Zarga is approximately 80 kilometres west of Tunis, midway between Medjez El Bab and Beja on the GP6 road. The road leading to the cemetery is approximately 3.3 kilometres past the village of Oued Zarga and is marked by a sign pointing to the left. The track to the cemetery is unmade and steep in sections and access is not suitable for buses. The distance to the cemetery from the main road is approximately 1.1 kilometres. GPS Co-ordinates: N 36° 40' 30", E 09° 24' 54"
Visiting information
ARRIVAL
The cemetery is signposted and located at the end of a track approximately 1 kilometre from the main road.
Vehicles can access and follow the single track off the main road. The track is single vehicle width and not suitable for coaches as they will not have room to turn.
PARKING
There is no car park at the cemetery, but it is possible to drive up to the main cemetery gate and park in front of the main entrance and Oued Zarga Church on the narrow farm track. The track is compacted earth with loose stones.
ACCESS, LAYOUT AND MAIN ENTRANCE
There is a small step up from the compacted earth track to the entrance, formed of two stone columns with a single metal gate approximately 750mm wide, with stone paving leading into the cemetery.
The cemetery is square shaped with a Cross of Sacrifice on the right-hand side of the cemetery from the main entrance.
There is a Muslim section at the rear of the cemetery, with headstones facing towards Mecca.
The Cemetery is generally flat, and covered with uncompacted gravel. There are no flat paths, therefore uneven underfoot.
There is one bench in the cemetery, opposite the Cross of Sacrifice.
ALTERNATIVE ACCESS
There is no alternative access entrance into the cemetery.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
There is no Register Box at the cemetery.
The cemetery register is only available when the part time gardener is working at the cemetery.
The cemetery is permanently open.
History information
In May 1943, the war in North Africa came to an end in Tunisia with the defeat of the Axis powers by a combined Allied force.
On 8 November 1942, Commonwealth and American troops made a series of landings in Algeria and Morocco. The Germans responded immediately by sending a force from Sicily to northern Tunisia, which checked the Allied advance east in early December. Oued Zarga was just behind the limit of the advance that winter.
Oued Zarga War Cemetery contains 247 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.