In July of 2003 Myself and Malin took a holiday in Tunisia, Partly for the
Sun and Sea, but also because my Grandfather is buried there in the
Massicault War Cemetery.
He died on the 6th May 1943 in the final
push by the Allied forces into Tunis. Tunis
fell on May 7th, and 6 days later the Axis
forces were beaten in Africa with the
surrender of over quarter of a million
prisoners of war.
The visit was all the more emotional for
the fact that John William Stevenson and I
were the same age. But he will stay 32 for
always.
The Cemetery is a small
oasis of green in the
middle of parched earth
and Olive trees, and I have
never seen such well kept
Graves, the grass is like a
bowling green,

It made me proud these
brave Men, who gave
there lives so we have our
freedom today have not
been forgotten
At 32, Granddads was the oldest
age we saw on a grave, the
youngest was 15.
The cemetery contains 1,576
Commonwealth burials of the
Second World War, 130 of them
unidentified.
The cemetery is located about 60 miles drive
from Hammamet where we were staying, and
having no Idea how to get there I asked the
Barman in our Hotel if he could help?
He gave us a piece of paper written in Arabic,
and told us to take the Bus to Tunis and then
show somebody the paper, I am still not sure
what it said but it worked like Magic because
we were bustled across the city by unsmiling
but very helpful locals in a VERY cheap Taxi  
and then put on the correct bus which dropped
us off right outside the cemetery. It was quite a
scary Journey as we had no idea where they
were taking us, and the demeanor of the locals
was enigmatic, to say the least, but good as
gold we arrived and returned in one piece.!
(Aerial view of the cemetery )
Blue circle - Hotel
Red circle - Cemetery
Big respect to the
gardener who takes
such excellent care of
everything there and
helped us find the
Grave.
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