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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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