On 19 October 2024, Ambassador Pace, accompanied by Mr. Pascoe Grima, Deputy Head of Mission and Consul, participated in the ceremonies marking the 82^nd Anniversary of the Second Battle of El Alamein, a key moment in the Allies’ North African campaign during the Second World War. After the Axis forces lost the Second Battle of El Alamein in November 1942, they diverted resources to the Tunisia campaign, thus reducing their attacks on Malta and effectively ending a siege on the island that lasted almost two years and a half.

While at the Commonwealth Memorial, Ambassador Pace paid his respects to five of the known Maltese soldiers who sacrificed their lives in defence of our freedom and whose bodies were never recovered:  H.J. Cassar, J. Cauchi, J. Cuschieri, H.G. Pace, and L.J. Psaila. Lest We Forget.