On the 17 October, Colonel Caroline Emmett, OD, lead the commemoration of the Second Battle of El-Alamein, which took place from the 23 October to the 11 November 1942. In doing so, she was the latest of several Old Dunelmians connected to the conflict.

Major Edward Derek Good (1906-1993) was a member of the British Expeditionary Force who fought El Alamein, while Dr Douglas French (1908-1982) served with R.A.M.C. but was (to his later regret) invalided out just before the Battle of El Alamein due to osteoarthritis.

Captain Ian Turnbull (1919-1942), meanwhile, fought with the Durham Light Infantry and was killed in action at the age of 23 on the 2 November 1942; he is buried at the El Alamein War Cemetery.