Beach Head War Cemetery

Coordinates: 41°28′55″N 12°37′30″E / 41.482°N 12.625°E / 41.482; 12.625
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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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  1. ^ a b "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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