salerno war cemetery

On 3 September 1943 the Allies invaded the Italian mainland, the invasion coinciding with an armistice made with the Italians who then re-entered the war on the Allied side. Allied objectives were to draw German troops from the Russian front and more particularly from France, where an offensive was planned for the following year.

Commonwealth and American forces landed near Salerno on 8-9 September 1943 and there was fierce fighting for some days in the bridgehead that they established. The site for the cemetery was chosen in November 1943 and it contains many burials resulting from the landings and the fighting that followed, but graves were also brought in later from a wide area of south-western Italy. The 59th General Hospital was in the vicinity of Salerno at the end of 1943 and early in 1944.

Salerno War Cemetery contains 1,846 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 107 of them unidentified. One casualty of the First World War is also commemorated in the cemetery by special memorial, his grave in a local civil cemetery having been lost. The cemetery was designed by Louis de Soissons.
  1. ARMY CDOS Broome, Richard Frank

    SURNAME Broome FORENAME Richard Frank UNIT 2 Commando (5 Troop) RANK Captain NUMBER 85468 DATE OF DEATH 13th September 1943 AGE 27 GRAVESITE Salerno War Cemetery,Italy V.B.7 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit South Lancashire Regiment born Sussex resided Cheshire son of...
  2. ARMY CDOS Bowman, Lionel George

    SURNAME Bowman FORENAME Lionel George UNIT 2 Commando (5 Troop) RANK Private NUMBER 5956867 DATE OF DEATH 18th September 1943 AGE 28 GRAVESITE Salerno War Cemetery,Italy IV.B.26 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment born London E...
  3. ARMY CDOS Blattner, Charles William

    SURNAME Blattner FORENAME Charles William UNIT 2 Commando (5 Troop) RANK Lance Sergeant NUMBER 3063224 DATE OF DEATH 13th September 1943 AGE 45 GRAVESITE Salerno War Cemetery,Italy V.B.13 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Royal Scots born Edinburgh resided Edinburgh son...
  4. ARMY CDOS Bennett, Derick S.

    SURNAME Bennett FORENAME Derick S. UNIT 2 Commando RANK Private NUMBER 6351281 DATE OF DEATH 13th September 1943 AGE 20 GRAVESITE Salerno War Cemetery,Italy V.B.4 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment born Kent son of Alfred John and...
  5. ARMY CDOS Allan, Hugh Bryan

    SURNAME Allan FORENAME Hugh Bryan UNIT 2 Commando RANK Lance Corporal NUMBER 14000107 DATE OF DEATH 13th September 1943 AGE 19 GRAVESITE Salerno War Cemetery, Italy III.E.28 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Royal Scots born Ayr, Ayrshire resided Glasgow only son of...
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