Port Tawfiq

                               Port Tawfiq                                                                                                                                                                  

     

                                                                                                                             

Port Tawfiq is an Egyptian residential area in the Suez Governorate, located at the entrance to the Suez Canal, with part of it overlooking the waterway. The area is dominated by the residences of Suez Canal Authority employees, characterized by villas with gabled roofs covered with tiles. The Mediterranean style is predominant, giving the area a distinctive character influenced by the Suez Canal. The Port Tawfiq Memorial, or Bengal Tiger Statue (also known as the Indian War Memorial), was originally located in the port of Port Tawfiq, connected to the Port of Suez, at the southern entrance to the Suez Canal. It was unveiled on May 26, 1926, for the benefit of the Imperial War Graves Board (now the Commonwealth War Graves Board) to commemorate the 4,000 officers and men of the Indian Army killed during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War. The original memorial was designed by Scottish architects John James Burnet and Thomas S. Tate. It included sculptures by British sculptor Charles Sargent Jagger. Its foundation stone was laid in 1920 in the presence of the Governor of Suez, Admiral Khalil Bey Riad.