| Surname: | Lane |
| Initials: | E J W |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 14718152 |
| Notes: | CMP. Enlisted in the General Service Corps and transferred to CMP. VP. 13/7/46 Died. He lived in Leyton, Essex. Casualty List not found. Medal card not found. Inscription on gravestone: He lives with us in memory and will for evermore. Jessie, Lola, Michael. Ernest John William Lane. Extract from the Nottingham Journal, Monday, 15 July 1946. BLUECAPS BOMBED IN ALEX. Wounded man is beaten to death. One British military policeman had died, and six others are seriously injured, as a result of a grenade throwing incident in Alexandria late on Saturday night, and the ensuing attack on them by a crowd of Egyptians. British reports state that the seven policemen, all special duty "Bluecaps," were walking along the Rue Faud when two grenades thrown by an unknown person or persons burst in their midst. All the policemen were injured but managed to run away from the scene of the explosion it was Stated. CROWD'S MISTAKE. a crowd of Egyptians, thinking they had thrown the grenade3s, pursued them, throwing stones and other missiles. The crowd are stated to have seized two of the policemen bleeding from wounds sustained when the grenades exploded and dragged them to a nearby police station, beating them on the way. Medical evidence reveals, says a Alexandria Reuters message, that the policeman who has died succumbed to injuries received through beating by the crowd rather than from grenade wounds. The policemen were unarmed at the time, it is stated. THET TO TREATY. Sidky Pasha, Egyptian Premier, said yesterday that although he had no proof, he believed that the Egyptian Communists had received inst4ructions from abroad to prevent the signing of an Anglo-Egyptian treaty by demonstrations and bomb incidents. He said that about 100 people, including foreigners, had been arrested since the anti-Communist drive began last Thursday, seven or eight newspapers suspended and 11 Communist organisations closed down. Extract from the Western Daily Press _ Tuesday 16 July 1946. JOINT DEFENCE COUNCIL IN EGYPT. British Soldier Was Stabbed. Sidky Pasha, Egyptian prime minister stated in the Cairo Parliament last night that the Egyptian treaty delegation considered the creation of a joint Anglo-Egyptian Defence Council would not infringe the sovereignty of the country. He added that it was hoped to end the discussions for a new treaty with success with the new alliances in the near future. Sidky Pasha disclosed in the Senate last night that the Mufti of Jerusalem, now in Egypt had told him that he would not make any propaganda nor make any political activities during his stay Four knife wounds inflicted by a crown of Egyptians caused the death of Corporal E J W Lane of London one of the British military policeman victims of a grenade throwing attack in Alexandria on Saturday night. |
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| Date of Death: | July 13, 1946 |
| Company: | UNKNOWN |
| CWGC Link: | 2110841 |
| Cemetery: | ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, EGYPT 🇪🇬 |
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