MONTE CASSINO POLISH WAR CEMETERY
The Polish war cemetery at Monte Cassino holds the graves of 1,072 Poles who died storming the bombed-out Benedictine abbey atop the mountain in May 1944, during the Battle of Monte Cassino. The cemetery is maintained by the Council for the Protection of Memorial Sites of Struggle and Martyrdom.
The religious affiliations of the deceased are indicated by three types of headstone: Christian crosses for Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox and Jewish headstones bearing the Star of David.
The cemetery also holds the grave of General Władysław Anders, who had commanded the Polish forces that captured Monte Cassino. Anders died in London in 1970 and his ashes were interred in the cemetery.
The cemetery itself can be clearly viewed from the Abbey, which lies just a few hundred meters away.
The cemetery is the closest of all allied cemeteries, symbolizing the importance of the Polish fighters during the battle. It was the Poles that are credited with liberating the abbey from Axis forces. As such, their war dead were honored with being buried in such close proximity to the structure for which they died liberating.
SURNAME
Morenszyld
FORENAME
Jerzy
UNIT
10 Commando (6 Troop)
RANK
Kapral (Corporal)
NUMBER
DATE OF DEATH
18th May 1944
AGE
22
GRAVESITE
Polish Military Cemetery,Monte Cassino,Italy 6.D.16
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Polish Forces
born 26.5.1921 Warszawa
KIA Monte...
SURNAME
Slowinski
FORENAME
Stefan
UNIT
10 Commando (6 Troop)
RANK
Starszy Strzelec (Lance Corporal)
NUMBER
DATE OF DEATH
18th January 1944
AGE
27
GRAVESITE
Polish Military Cemetery,Monte Cassino,Italy 2.D.1
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Polish Forces
born 10.4.1916...
SURNAME
Klajber
FORENAME
Henryk
UNIT
10 Commando (6 Troop)
RANK
Starszy Strzelec (Lance Corporal)
NUMBER
DATE OF DEATH
18th January 1944
AGE
29
GRAVESITE
Polish Military Cemetery,Monte Cassino,Italy 2.C.10
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Polish Forces
born 19.1.1914...
SURNAME
Decker
FORENAME
Ferdynand (Franciszek)
UNIT
10 Commando (6 Troop)
RANK
Starszy Strzelec (Lance Corporal)
NUMBER
DATE OF DEATH
18th January 1944
AGE
22
GRAVESITE
Polish Military Cemetery,Monte Cassino,Italy 2.C.8
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Polish Forces...
SURNAME
Stadnik
FORENAME
Stanislaw
UNIT
10 Commando (6 Troop)
RANK
Starszy Strzelec (Lance Corporal)
NUMBER
DATE OF DEATH
29th December 1943
AGE
24
GRAVESITE
Polish Military Cemetery,Monte Cassino,Italy 9.F.9
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Polish Forces
born...
SURNAME
Woloszowski
FORENAME
Stanislaw
UNIT
10 Commando (6 Troop)
RANK
Major
NUMBER
DATE OF DEATH
18th January 1944
AGE
30
GRAVESITE
Polish Military Cemetery,Monte Cassino,Italy 2.D.1
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Polish Forces
born 19.5.1913 Janikow
KIA Suio,Italy
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