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Arezzo War Cemetery

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Country
  
Italy

No. of interments
  
1,266

Type
  
War cemetery

Province
  
Province of Arezzo

Arezzo War Cemetery

Established
  
November 1944 (1944-11)

Location
  
SR 69 Località Indicatore Zona Prima - 52020 Pratantico (AR) Tuscany

Owned by
  
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Address
  
Strada Regionale 69, 44, 52100 Pratantico AR, Italy

Owner
  
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Arezzo War Cemetery is a war cemetery operated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, to the North West of the city of Arezzo, Italy. It was established in November 1944, to house the remains of Allied casualties from World War II. The remains of 1,266 men are interred there, mostly British. However, the internments also include a number of members of the 4th and 8th Divisions of the Indian Army, who are buried in a separate section, in plots VII-IX. The cemetery also has one American burial, plus more from Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa, and 37 who are unidentified.

Near the entrance is an inscription, in English and Italian, reading:

The land on which this cemetery stands is the gift of the Italian people for the perpetual resting place of the sailors, soldiers & airmen who are honoured here

Notable interments include Lieutenant St John Graham Young GC.

References

Arezzo War Cemetery Wikipedia


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