Beach Head War Cemetery
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Location
Via Nettunense, 60, 00042 Anzio, RM, Italy
CountryItaly
Coordinates41°28′55″N 12°37′30″E / 41.482°N 12.625°E / 41.482; 12.625
Owned byCommonwealth War Graves Commission
No. of graves2,316
WebsiteCWGC official website
Find a GraveBeach 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.

Cemetery contains 2,316 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 2,025[2] of them identified, including Victoria Cross recipient, Sgt. Maurice Rogers.[3] There is also one First World War burial which was brought from Chieti Communal Cemetery near Rome.[4]

Cemetery was designed by British architect Louis de Soissons.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Beach Head War Cemetery at CWGC website". Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  2. "List of buried at CWGC website". Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  3. "Maurice Albert Windham Rogers at CWGC website". Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  4. "Silbert George Ellis at CWGC website". Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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