It is
located between Monte Testaccio to the north
and the Aurelian Walls to the south
The area
has been given for free by the Italian government to the Commonwealth after the
Second World War for the burial of 426 mainly British soldiers (350) but also
of other Commonwealth countries such as Canada (22), South Africa (28),
Australia (4), New Zealand (10) and India (2)
Four
burials are unidentified soldiers
Throughout
World War II, about 42,000 Commonwealth soldiers died in Italy, so the soldiers
buried in this cemetery are only about 1% of all the dead
The
maintenance of the cemetery is entrusted to the Commonwealth War Graves
Commission established in 1917
The
cemetery retains a fragment of Hadrian's Wall brought here by the will of the
citizens of the city of Carlisle in England to commemorate the Cumbrian
soldiers who died in the Italian campaign
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