Cassino, Assisi, Arezzo, Florence, Milan CWGC - any requests

I'm off to Italy again shortly and plan visiting some (or at a push all) of the above cemeteries - any requests just let me know, I can't promise anything at the moment but will try.

Alistair

 

Alistair:
Thanks so much for the offer.

Rather cheekily I've asked for 9 of my Dad's comrades from the Irish Brigade .....I know how much time this can take so only if possible.

1) Assisi - 3 men
Rifleman JONES, FREDERICK ARTHUR - III, G, 6.

Rifleman COSTER, WILLIAM - III, G, 8.

Rifleman SHARPE, CYRIL - IV, C, 2.

2) Florence - 3 men.
Fusilier GREY-ALLEN, WILLIAM - IV. D. 5.

Fusilier FITZPATRICK, JOHN - VIII. J. 7.

Lance Corporal SMITH, SIDNEY JOSEPH - V. J. 5.

3) Arezzo - 3 men.
Rifleman WARDEN, ROBERT - V. D. 5.

Fusilier BUSSEY, WILLIAM JOHN - VI. D. 10.

Rifleman WARREN, THOMAS WILLIAM - I. A. 3.

best wishes

 

If you can please any of the following if you have time?

All Arezzo War Cemetery 9 members of the DLI

ALL COMPLETED THANK YO TO RACHEL (FIND A GRAVE)
Thank You
Kyle
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Morning Alistair,

Many thanks for the most generous offer. I would be most grateful if you can get any of these,

Arezzo War Cemetery

Alan GRIMLEY Grave III.D.5
Frederick William LAWRENCE in Grave V.B.2
William HAMER in Grave VI.E.14



Cassino War Cemetery

Frederick Warren TAYLOR Grave I.A.18
Job Crowther SLATER in Grave XVIII.H.18.

Cheers, have a great trip,

Regards,

Graeme

 

Italy has been my long term nemesis. In 8 years of working on my project I have had very few photos from there. The last lot I received were from the Cassino Memorial, but unfortunately the sun was in the wrong position and with the Memorial itself being made out of a horribly patterned marble, the names were unreadable. I have spoke to someone at the CWGC who said that although the stone makes it difficult, good photos CAN be taken with a good zoom, which is essential, and the right lighting. Sadly they never told me what time of day the ideal time was to take the photos!!!

Whatever you can get I would be most grateful.

AREZZO WAR CEMETERY

I. D. 20 - PATIENCE, HAROLD
III. E. 3-17 - FLEET, HARRY THOMAS
V. B. 22 - IVERSEN, HARRY FREDERICK
VI. C. 18 - LISTER, CHRISTOPHER MOODY

ASSISI WAR CEMETERY

VIII. D. 9 - THOMSON, FRED

CASSINO MEMORIAL

Panel 2 - LILLEY, JACK Royal Artillery
Panel 4 - BULLIMORE, CLIFFORD ALLISON Coldstream Guards
Panel 4 - DAWKES, TIMOTHY The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Panel 6 - ATKIN, GEORGE WILLIAM Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)
Panel 7 - SULLIVAN, NICHOLAS South Staffordshire Regiment
Panel 10 - WARD, ALFRED ERNEST Seaforth Highlanders
Panel 10 - WARNER, OSCAR WALTER North Staffordshire Regiment
Panel 13 - LAMBORD, CYRIL Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

II. E. 1 - HUGHES, ROBERT
XVIII. H. 17 - MUNDAY, GEORGE WILLIAM

 

If it helps, I will be guiding a group on the Gothic Line next week so if anyone also needs photos from Rimini Gurkha, Gradara, Montecchio or Coriano Ridge, please say and I will get them.

I will be at Cassino the week after.

Regards

Frank

 

Frank, I will check my lists

 

Morning Frank,

Thank you, a most generous offer, Italy always is a pain in the proverbial !!

Coriano Ridge War Cemetery
Stanley Robert WINFIELD Grave IV.D.12
Albert DUTTON in Grave V.F.10
Kenneth Frederick PAINTER in Grave VII.A.6
Harold William BURGESS Grave XII.G.4
Arthur Thomas PILBEAM in Grave XIV.D.9


Gradara War Cemetery
George Horton FENNEY Grave I.C.14
Robert BREALEY Grave II.D.5


Montecchio War Cemetery
Walter William THOMPSON in Grave II.G.7


Montecchio Precalcino Communal Cemetery Extension (Is this on your list ??)
John Thomas BARNSLEY Grave 2.A.5
Hezekiah PAGE Grave 3.B.6
Joseph MASON Grave 6.D.11
Horace WILLIAMS in Grave 9.A.11.

Many thanks once again,

Regards,

Graeme

 

Frank, just a few from my list please if you have the time. Also if you have the time, could you also have a go at the Cassino Memorial names too. Theres got to be a good time of day to get photos from there so the more the merrier.

Coriano Ridge

XVII. A. 6 THOMAS ARTHUR STANLEY
XVIII. J. 6 GISLAM HARRY CLOE
XX. E. 9 BRAMLEY GEORGE
XX. G. 9 TRENCH ALEXANDER JAMES

Montecchio War Cemetery

IV. C. 17 CAPRON ERIC

CASSINO MEMORIAL

Panel 2 - LILLEY, JACK Royal Artillery
Panel 4 - BULLIMORE, CLIFFORD ALLISON Coldstream Guards
Panel 4 - DAWKES, TIMOTHY The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Panel 6 - ATKIN, GEORGE WILLIAM Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)
Panel 7 - SULLIVAN, NICHOLAS South Staffordshire Regiment
Panel 10 - WARD, ALFRED ERNEST Seaforth Highlanders
Panel 10 - WARNER, OSCAR WALTER North Staffordshire Regiment
Panel 13 - LAMBORD, CYRIL Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Thanks

T

 

Ill be in Cassino in an hour or so and will be at the cemetery later today (I may be there again on Monday) in case there are any late requests

 

Graeme.

I will get you the Rimini ones on Wed or Thu.

The Cassino Memorial ones will be next Sun.

Regards

Frank

 

I’ve got the Cassino cemetery and Memorial ones but as previously mention it’s not easy to get clear images so they are hit and miss, if you can get them too Frank hopefully between us we get something good

 

Will do.

F

 

I’m not sure if you plan visiting the Carpathian memorial, if so it’s shut, although you can get round the fence.

Alistair

 

Alistair.

I get the key from the Monastery Office.

Regards

Frank

 

Not the gate by the Polish cemetery, actually at the memorial it has a temporary fence up and there are water tanks by the memorial, I’m not sure what they are doing

Cheers

Alistair

 

Alistair.

Drat. Good to know that you can just walk around the fence. I will be doing just that.

Regards

Frank

 

It’s a little up and over to get round, but unless anyone has real mobility problems it shouldn’t be an issue.

Just leaving Assisi Cemetery, got the requests about but worth noting while I’m here I had a look on findagrave in case there were any outstanding requests on there and it looks fully covered so it may be worth getting those as well as mine to have alternatives. As photos are fair sized I’ll not be posting til I’m back home.

 

Sorry to say Arezzo is off the list, no left luggage and maps has it as a 5.6 mile walk, and I don’t fancy carrying all my stuff (not that it’s a lot) in this heat, so I’m Arezzo station cafe having a cornetto planning the journey to Florence

Sorry

 

Never mind Alistair, enjoy the rest of your trip .

Thanks again for making the effort in the first place.

Arezzo all completed thanks to Rachel (Findagrave) 17/01/2020

Kyle