On Sunday 15th May, at a ceremony in Comunanza, a small town in Le Marche, Italy, the attached memorial was unveiled. It commemorates the execution of 6 Allied PoWs (unfortunately we only know the names of two of them) followed by that of an Italian partisan the following day. It's good to see that there are still efforts being made to bring to public attention those who made the ultimate sacrifice A report of the murders (unearthed by Brian Sims) can be found here: https://camp59survivors.wordpress.com/2014/08/17/an-execution-at-comunanza/
According to reports, it is James Didcock not Didicock. Shows how easy it is for names to get muddled and therefore more difficult to trace! The reports show that tooth charts were taken of the unknown individuals. Has anyone any experience of what would have happened to those? I might have to get the whole file from Kew to see if there's any further info Anne
I assume this is the man Driver James Didcock in the Italy, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current Name: Driver James Didcock Death Date: 2 May 1944 Cemetery: Ancona War Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Ancona, Provincia di Ancona, Marche, Italy UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 Name: James Didcock Given Initials: J F Rank: Driver Death Date: 2 May 1944 Number: 3052152 Birth Place: West Lothian Residence: West Lothian Regiment at Enlistment: Royal Scots (Royal Regiment) Branch at Enlistment: Other Corps Theatre of War: North Africa Regiment at Death: Royal Army Service Corps Branch at Death: Other Corps TD edited to add: From several family trees James Fowler Didcock Birth: 1911 - West Lothian, Scotland Death: 2 May 1944 - Ancona, Anacona, Marche, Italy
Many thanks TD. No family members attended as far as I am aware, but maybe whoever has Driver Didcock on their family tree would be interested that there is now a memorial to him and Italians who can confirm quite a lot more info about how he died. Anne
