Beach Head War Cemetery
| Beach Head War Cemetery | |
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| Country | Italy |
| Coordinates | 41°28′55″N 12°37′30″E / 41.482°N 12.625°E |
| Owned by | Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| No. of graves | 2,316 |
| Website | CWGC official website |
| Find a Grave | Beach Head War Cemetery |
The Beach Head War Cemetery near Anzio is a Commonwealth cemetery of the Second World War.[1] It contains graves resulting mostly from Operation Shingle and subsequent military actions in Italy.
The cemetery contains 2,316 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 2,025 of them identified,[2] including Victoria Cross recipient, Sergeant Maurice Rogers[3] and British flying ace Flight Lieutenant Arthur Hodgkinson.[4] There is also one First World War burial which was brought from Chieti Communal Cemetery near Rome.[5]
The cemetery was designed by British architect Louis de Soissons.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Beach Head War Cemetery at CWGC website". Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ "List of buried at CWGC website". Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ "Maurice Albert Windham Rogers at CWGC website". Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ "Flight Lieutenant Arthur John Hodgkinson". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Silbert George Ellis at CWGC website". Retrieved 21 April 2020.
