The Baggush Box, during World War II, was a British Armyfortification, of the Western Desert Force, which was located to the east of Mersa Matruh, near Maarten Baggush, in Egypt, Africa. Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Table of Fortification, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... The Western Desert Force, during World War II, was a British Commonwealth Army unit stationed in Egypt. ... Mersa Matruh is a seaport in Egypt, Africa. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. ...
The same day we moved back into our old position on the south face of the Baggushbox, I went into occupation of my old dugout and storeroom, how long we were to stay there was not known.
The Battalion were still in the south face of the Baggushbox, the time being occupied by training and improving the defences, my own dugout was unproved and well camouflaged.
I was quite comfortable and safe neither was I overworked being able to write very regularly to Kit and look forward to the receipt other letters, parcels and papers.
The Division headed further North to Baggush and the 5th Brigade stopped at a place called the Kaponga Box, or at least it was the Box after we had dug Gun Pits and fortified the area.
The Box was just a little South of El Alamien and was to be used later as Rommel advanced.
Why this particular play remained in my memory is because we left Baggush on the 11th November 1941 and on the morning of the 18th November 1941 Doug Gerrard, with the few left from E Troop, 28th Battery and R.H.Q., were overrun and taken prisoner.
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