Locations
- Best directions we've found are at the South Africa War Graves Project.

Agira Canadian War Cemetery (Agira, Enna Province, Sicilia Region, Italy) WWII Commonwealth - 490 Canadian burials, 6 unknown.

Ancona War Cemetery (Ancona, Ancona Province, Marche Region, Italy) - WWII Commonwealth - 79 South African, 13 Australian, Indian, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canadian, 1019 total burials, 55 Unknown.

Anzio War Cemetery (Anzio, Roma Province, Lazio Region, Italy) (see Anzio) 1,056 burials. - WWII Commonwealth - United Kingdom, 1 South African, 1 Australian, 1,056 total burials, 19 Unknown and museum.

Arezzo War Cemetery (Pratanitico, Arezzo Province, Toscana Region, Italy) Arezzo War Cemetery contains 1,266 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. - United Kingdom, New Zealand, 50 South Africans. Plots VII-IX are Indian, 36 Unknown.

Argenta Gap War Cemetery (Argenta, Ferrara Province, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy) - United Kingdom, 10 South Africans. 6 Australians, 625 total burials, 8 Unknown. WWII.

Arzignano, Vicenza Province, Veneto Region, Italy, see Ravenna War cemetery (Emilia-Romagna Region).

Assisi War Cemetery (Rivotorto di Assisi, Perugia Province, Umbria Region, Italy) WWII Commonwealth - United Kingdom, New Zealand, 55 South African, 945 total burials, 3 Unknown.

ATHENS MEMORIAL, commemorating nearly 3,000 members of the land forces of the Commonwealth who lost their lives during the campaigns in Greece and Crete in 1941 and 1944-1945, in the Dodecanese Islands in 1943-1945 and in Yugoslavia in 1943-1945, and who have no known grave. Located in the Phaleron War Cemetery.

Barenthal Military Cemetery (Near Asiago, Vicenza Province, Veneto Region, Italy) WWI Commonwealth - United Kingdom, 1 Australian, 125 total, 9 unknown.

Bari War Cemetery (Carbonara di Bari, Bari Province, Puglia Region, Italy) WWI and WWII Commonwealth - New Zealand, United Kingdom, 210 Canadians, 165 South African, 45 Australian, 2218 total WWII burials, 170 Unknown. 85 WWI burials from Brindisi.

Beach Head War Cemetery (Anzio, Roma Province, Lazio Region, Italy) - WWI Commonwealth - 1 burial; WWII Commonwealth - 1,980 United Kingdom, 70 Canadian, 25 South African, 7 Australian, 4 Indian, 4 New Zealander, and 9 others, 2,316 total burials, 295 unknown.) (see Anzio)
Bergamo, Bergamo Province, Lombardia Region, Italy, see Milan War Cemetery.

Bologna War Cemetery (Bologna, Bologna Province, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy) - United Kingdom, Canadian, New Zealand, 11 South Africans. 3 Australians. 184 total burials, 8 Unknown., WWII.

Bolsena War Cemetery (Montefiascone, Viterbo Province, Lazio Region, Italy) - WWII Commonwealth - 187 South African, 2 Australian, United Kingdom, Indian, Canadian, includes burials transferred from Elba, 597 burials, 40 unknown.

Borgofranco D'Ivrea Churchyard (Borgofranco D'Ivrea, Torino Province, Piemonte Region, Italy) WWI Commonwealth - 1 South African burial total.

Boves Comune Cemetery (Boves, Cuneo Province, Piemonte Region, Italy) see Milan War Cemetery (Lombardia Region).

Cagliari (St. Michele) Comune Cemetery (Cagliari, Cagliari Province, Sardegna Region, Italy) - WWII Commonwealth - United Kingdom, Canadian, 6 Australian, 3 South African, 60 total, 10 unknown; WWII German - 424 from Sardegna battles, 16 from Milis battles, 190 from Malta (moved in 1960 from English Cemetery at Pembroke).

Carpi, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy see Milan War Cemetery (Lombardia Region)

Caserta War Cemetery (Caserta, Caserta Province, Campania Region, Italy) - 54 South Africans, 10 Australians, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, Total: 768 burials, 13 Unknown.

Cassino War Cemetery (Cassino, Frosinone Province, Lazio Region, Italy) (see Cassino) - WWII, 4,266 burials. - 4,266 burials. - 47 South Africans. 13 Australians.

Cassino War Memorial (Cassino, Frosinone Province, Lazio Region, Italy) (see Cassino) - WWII, 3,100 Commonwealth servicemen who took part in the Italian campaign whose graves are not known. In addition, over 900 Indian soldiers are commemorated on this memorial whose remains were cremated.

Castiglione dei Pepoli South African Cemetery (Castiglione dei Pepoli, Bologna Province, EmiliaRomagna Region, Italy) - 401 South African, 101 United Kingdom, 502 total burials, WWII.

Catania War Cemetery (Catania Zona Industrial, Catania Province, Sicilia Region, Italy) - WWII Commonwealth - United Kingdom, 26 Australian, 25 South African, one Greek, 2135 total burials, 113 unknown.

Cesena War Cemetery (Cesena, Forli-Cesena Province, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy) - WWII Commonwealth - 5 South African, Canadian, New Zealand, 775 total burials, 3 unknown.

Cicagna, Genova Province, Liguria Region, Italy see Milan War Cemetery (Lombardia Region).

Coriano Ridge War Cemetery (Coriano, Rimini Province, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy) - WWII Commonwealth - 1,411 United Kingdom, 427 Canadians, 52 New Zealanders, 28 South Africans, 8 Indian, 1 Australian, 1 Russian, 1939 total burials, 11 Unknown.

Corva Communal Cemetery (Pordenone Province, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Italy) - WWI, 1 South African.

Cremona Comune Cemetery, Cremona Province, Lombardia Region, Italy contains a plot of 83 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, most of whom died in No 29 Stationary Hospital.

Dueville Comune Cemetery Extension (Dueville, Vicenza Province, Veneto Region, Italy) WWI Commonwealth - 1 South African, 2 French, United Kingdom, 136 total burials

Faenza Communal Cemetery (Faenza, Ravenna Province, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy) - WWI Commonwealth - United Kingdom, Indian, 54 total burials.

Faenza War Cemetery (Faenza, Ravenna Province, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy) - WWII Commonwealth - 8 South Africans, 4 Australians, United Kingdom, New Zealanders, Canadians, 1152 total burials, 13 Unknown.

Fano, Pesaro and Urbino Province, Marche Region, Italy, see Ravenna War cemetery (Emilia-Romagna Region).

Florence (Gli Alliori) Evangelical Cemetery (Firenze, Firenze Province, Toscana Region, Italy) contains one Commonwealth burial of the Second World War.

Florence War Cemetery (Compiobbi, Firenze Province, Toscana Region, Italy) - 1,632 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War inlcuding 217 South Africans. 6 Australians.

Foiano Della Chiana War Cemetery (Foiano Della Chiana, Arezzo Province, Toscana Region, Italy) - WWII, 256 burials, of whom 66 are South Africans.

Forli Indian Army War Cemetery (Forli, Forli-Cesena Province, EmiliaRomagna Region, Italy) - WWII Commonwealth - 30 South Africans, 1 Australian, United Kingdom, 481 total burials, 15 Unknown plus 769 Indian men listed on the Memorial.

Forli War Cemetery (Vecchiazzano, Forli-Cesena Province, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy) - WWII Commonwealth - Indians, United Kingdom, New Zealanders, 734 total, 4 unknown.

Giavera British Cemetery and Memorial(Giavera del Montello, Treviso, Veneto Region, ) 417 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. Within the cemetery stands the GIAVERA MEMORIAL, which commemorates more than 150 members of the Commonwealth forces who died in Italy in 1917 and 1918 and whose places of burial are unknown.

Gradara War Cemetery (Gradara, Pesaro-Urbino province, Marche Region, Italy) WWII Commonwealth - 14 South Africans, 2 Australians, 1 Belgian, United Kingdom, Canadian, 1191 total burials, 4 Unknown.

Gradisca d'Isonzo, Gorizia Province, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region, Italy, see Ravenna War Cemetery (Emilia-Romagna Region).

Levanzo Comune Cemetery, Trapani Province, Sicilia Region, Italy contains one Commonwealth burial (YOU GEE) of the First World War which was brought in from an isolated position at Calcara.

Mantova Comune Cemetery, Mantova, Mantova Province, Lombardia Region, Italy contains three Commonwealth burials of the First World War.

Marsala (Marsala, Trapani province, Sicilia Region, Italy) WWI Commonwealth, see Syracuse War Cemetery.

Mattarello Comune Cemetery (Mattarello, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige Region, Italy) WWI Commonwealth - 1 South African, 1 UK, 2 total.

Meldola War Cemetery (Meldola, Forli-Cesena Province, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy) - WWII Commonwealth - 1 South African, 145 total burials.

Messina Comune Cemetery (Messina, Messina province, Sicilia Region, Italy) WWI Commonwealth - 1 Australian, 2 United Kingdom, 3 total burials.

Milan War Cemetery (Milano, Milano Province, Lombardia Region, Italy) - WWII Commonwealth - 44 South Africans, 22 Australians, United Kingdom, Indian, New Zealand, 421 total burials, 27 Unknown, 6 non-commonwealth.

Milis Comune Cemetery (Milis, Oristano Province, Sardegna Region, Italy) WWII Italian - 30 burials.

Minturno War Cemetery (Marina di Minturno, Latina province, Lazio Region, Italy) - WWII, 2049 burials including 4 South Africans. 4 Australians.

Modena, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy see Milan War Cemetery (Lombardia Region).

Montecchio Maggiore Comune Cemetery (Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza province, Veneto Region, Italy) - 2 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.

Montecchio Precalcino Comune Cemetery Extension (Montecchio PrecalcinoVicenza Province, Veneto Region, Italy) - 439 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.

Montecchio War Cemetery (Montecchio, a frazione of Montelabbate, Pesaro-Urbino province, Marche Region, Italy) WWII Commonwealth - 6 South Africans, 289 Canadian, 284 United Kingdom, 2 Indian, 582 total burials.

Monterosso al Mare, La Spezia Province, Liguria Region, Italy, see Ravenna War Cemetery (EmiliaRomagna Region)

Moro River Canadian War Cemetery (Ortona Porto, Chieti Province, Abruzzo Region, Italy) - Canada, 17 South Africa, United Kingdom, New Zealand, 4 Australia, 52 Unknown, 1615 total.

Naples British Cemetery (Napoli, Napoli Province, Campania Region, Italy) - WWI Commonwealth - Indian, United Kingdom, 18 total burials.

Naples War Cemetery (Miano, Napoli Province, Campania Region, Italy) - 1202 burials. - 22 South Africans. 3 Australians, plus other nationalities and some non-war burials.

Orvieto War Cemetery (Orvieto, Terni Province, Umbria Region, Italy) WWII Commonwealth - United Kingdom, 3 South Africans, 190 total burials, 2 Unknown.

Padova Comune Cemetery (Padova, Padova Province, Veneto Region, Italy) WWI Commonwealth - 25 total, 11 from Albano Bagni, 25 total.

Padua War Cemetery (Padova, Padova Province, Veneto Region, Italy) Commonwealth - 391 United Kingdom, 15 Canadian, 9 Australian, 26 New Zealander, 74 South African, 517 total burials, 32 Unknown, 4 other nationalities.

Palermo British Cemetery, Palermo Province, Sicilia Region, Italy contains two Commonwealth burials of the First World War.

Parma, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy see Milan War Cemetery (Lombardia Region).

Phaleron War Cemetery (near Athens, Greece) - 2,029 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 596 of the burials are unidentified.
It lies a few kilometres to the south-east of Athens, at the boundary between old Phaleron district and Alimos-Kalamaki district, on the coast road from Athens to Vouliagmeni. The easiest means of reaching the cemetery is by the coastal tram, which takes about 35 minutes from the terminus at Syntagma Square on route 5 (Platon)towards Voula. Alight at Pikrodafni, a stop about 100 metres after the cemetery, from where it can be easily seen. The Athens Memorial stands in the cemetery. Cemetery address: 3 Makariou Avenue Alimos Athens, 17455 Greece
Phaleron War Cemetery is permanently open and may be visited at any time, including weekends and public holidays.
The site of what is now PHALERON WAR CEMETERY was chosen originally by the 4th Division as a burial ground for Commonwealth casualties of the Greek Civil War (December 1944-February 1945). Subsequently, the military authorities, in conjunction with the Greek Government and the Army Graves Service, decided that it would be the most suitable site for a Second World War cemetery for the whole mainland of Greece. The 23rd and 24th Graves Registration Units and the 21st and 22nd Australian War Graves Units worked together to bring in graves of the 1941 campaign from the battlefields, temporary military cemeteries and from various civil cemeteries.
There are now 2,029 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 596 of the burials are unidentified. Special memorials commemorate casualties known to have been interred in certain groups of graves in the cemetery, but whose individual graves cannot be precisely located within these groups. Other special memorials commemorate casualties re-buried in the cemetery from original graves which, owing to the destruction of local records, could not be identified.
Also within the cemetery are:
The PHALERON CREMATION MEMORIAL, commemorating 74 men of the army of undivided India who died during the campaigns in Greece and Crete during the Second World War and who were accorded the last rite required by their religion - committal to fire.
The ATHENS MEMORIAL, commemorating nearly 3,000 members of the land forces of the Commonwealth who lost their lives during the campaigns in Greece and Crete in 1941 and 1944-1945, in the Dodecanese Islands in 1943-1945 and in Yugoslavia in 1943-1945, and who have no known grave.
In the north-east corner of the cemetery, a plot contains the graves of servicemen and civilians who after serving in the Crimean War, died in Greece, and were buried in the Anglo-French Crimean Cemetery, New Phaleron. The graves were moved in 1966 when that cemetery could no longer be maintained.
The CEMETERY and the ATHENS MEMORIAL were designed by Louis de Soissons.

Piacenza, Piacenza Province, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy see Milan War Cemetery (Lombardia Region)

Porto Empedocle Comune Cemetery, Agrigento Province, Sicilia Region, Italy contains one Commonwealth burial (GILLAM, HENRY JAMES) of the First World War.

Poznan Old Garrison (Poznan, Poland) The city of Poznan is located in the west of Poland approx 320kms east of Berlin. From the A2 motorway BERLIN to POZNAN take the exit ARMII POZNAN 430 and continue for approx 2.5kms along DOLNA WILDA. Turn right onto DROGA DEBINSKA and continue for approx 3.5kms. Turn right onto KAZIMIERZA WIELKIEGO and continue for approx 400m. Turn left onto MOSTOWA and continue for approx 700m. Turn left onto WIELKA and after 40m turn right onto GARBARY, continue for approx 1km and turn left (CWGC sign) onto ALEJA ARMII POZNAN. Continue for approx 700m and the cemetery can be found on the right within the Park Cytadela The cemetery address is:- Park Cytadela Aleja Armii Poznan 61-663 Poznan Poland GPS Location is:- N 52 25 04 E 16 55 57
This cemetery is permanently open to the public.
After the First World War, the graves of Commonwealth servicemen who had died in Poland as prisoners of war were gathered together in this cemetery. There are now 174 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. One of the burials is unidentified. Special memorials commemorate one casualty known to have been buried in Czersk Prisoners of War Cemetery, 29 known to have been buried at Szczypiorno Prisoners of War Cemetery and 18 known to have been buried at Pila (formerly Schneidemuhl) Prisoners of War Cemetery, all of whose graves could not be identified. The majority of the 283 Second World War burials in the cemetery are those of airmen, many of whom died in bombing operations on Stettin (now Szeczin), including one Greek. Also buried here are those involved in the mass escape from Stalag Luft 3, Sagan (now Zagan), in March 1944, and others who died while prisoners of war during the German occupation, at Stalag VIIIC, Sagan, Stalag XXID at Poznan, Oflag XXIB (also known as Oflag 64) and Stalag XXIB, both at Schubin (now Szubin). There are also 19 war graves of other nationalities in the cemetery, most of them Polish. The cemetery also contains the POZNAN MEMORIAL commemorating five RNAS armoured car ratings who died near Brezazany in July 1917 and whose graves were never located.

Ravenna War Cemetery (near Piangipani, Ravenna Province, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy) - WWI and WWII Commonwealth - 11 South Africans, 8 Australians, 33 total burials from WWI; 33 Jewish Brigade, United Kingdom, Indians, Canadians, New Zealanders, 955 total burials from WWII, 63 Unknown.

Riccione Comune Cemetery (Riccione, Rimini Province, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy) - WWI Commonwealth - 1 United Kingdom burial.

Rimini Ghurkha Cemetery and Cremation Memorial (Rimini, Rimini Province, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy) - WWII Commonwealth - 618 total Indian burials plus Cremation Memorial for 172 Indians.

Rome (Verano) Comune Cemetery (Roma, Roma Province, Lazio Region, Italy) - 1 Canadian burial.

Rome War Cemetery (Roma, Roma Province, Lazio Region, Italy) - WWII Commonwealth - 28 South Africans. 4 Australians, 355 United Kingdom, 22 Canadians, 3 Indian, 10 New Zealand, 1 from Mauritius, 2 Palestinian, 426 total burials.

Salerno War Cemetery (Montecorvino Pugliano, Salerno Province, Campania Region, Italy) - 1846 burials; 10 South Africans. 20 Australians. 1,650 UK, 30 Canadians, 3 New Zealand, 55 Indian, 111 unknown.

San Damiano Al Colle Comune Cemetery, Pavia Province, Lombardia Region, Italy contains one Commonwealth burial of the Second World War (Antony Lody Frasca).

Sangro River War Cemetery (Torino di Sangro, Chieti Province, Abruzzo Region, Italy) - 1768 United Kingdom, nearly 400 Indian, 355 New Zealander, 77 South African, 4 Australian, 2617 total burials, 520 Indian cremations.

Santerno Valley War Cemetery (Coniale, Firenze Province, Toscana Region, Italy) WWIICommonwealth - 2 South Africans, United Kingdom, Canadians, 287 total burials, 6 Unknown.

Savona Comune Cemetery (Savona, Savona Province, Liguria Region, Italy) WWI Commonwealth - 85 total burials.

Savona Memorial (Savona, Savona Province, Liguria Region, Italy) - WWI Commonwealth - United Kingdom, 1 South African, 275 missing.

Siracusa Comune Cemetery (Siracusa, Siracusa province, Sicilia Region, Italy) WWI Commonwealth - 4 total burials.

Sirmione Comune Cemetery, Brescia Province, Lombardia Region, Italy. The Cemetery contains one Commonwealth burial of the First World War and is at the neck of a long and narrow peninsula on the South shore of Lake Garda. The single Commonwealth war grave if located beyond the entrance gate on the left, row n. 3, grave n. 2.

Staglieno Cemetery (Genova, Genova Province, Liguria Region, Italy) - WWI and WWII Commonwealth - 9 South Africans, 13 Australians, 230 total WWI burials; 122 United Kingdom burials from WWII.

Stradella Comune Cemetery, Pavia Province, Lombardia Region, Italy contains one Commonwealth burial of the First World War (NEAL, WILLIAM LEONARD).

Syracuse War Cemetery (Siracusa, Siracusa province, Sicilia Region, Italy) WWI Commonwealth - 1 burial; WWII Commonwealth - 1059 burials, including one Greek, 134 unknown.

Taranto Comune Cemetery Extension (Taranto, Taranto province, Puglia Region, Italy) WWI Commonwealth - 1 South African, Indian, Maltese, Egyptian, United Kingdom, 449 total.

Tezze British Cemetery (Tezze, frazione of Vazzola, Treviso Province, Veneto Region, Italy) WWI Commonwealth - 356 total burials, including 1 Australian.

Torino Comune Cemetery (Torino, Torino province, Piemonte Region, Italy) WWI Commonwealth - 15 United Kingdom, 1 Australian, 16 total.

Trani, Barletta-Andria-Trani Province, Puglia Region, Italy see Taranto comune Cemetery.

Trapani Comune Cemetery, Trapani Provincia, Sicilia Region, Italy contains one Commonwealth burial (DARBY, W) of the First World War.

Trecella Comune Cemetery (Trecella, Frazione di Pozzuolo Martesana, Milano Province, Lombardia Region, Italy) WWII Commonwealth - 1 South African, 1 total burial.

Torino Comune Cemetery (Torino Province, Italy) - 1 Australian.

Udine War Cemetery (Tavagnacco di Udine, Udine Province, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region, Italy) - 415 burials. - WWI and WWII Commonwealth - 40 South Africans, 12 Australians, United Kingdom, New Zealand, 415 total burials from WWII, 14 unknown; 1 WWI burial.

Versa, Frazione di Romans d'Isonzo, Gorizia Province, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region, Italy see Udine War Cemetery.

Villanova Canadian War Cemetery (Bagnacavallo, Ravenna Province, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy) - WWII, 212 total burials.

Voghera Comune Cemetery, Pavia Province, Lombardia Region, Italy contains four Commonwealth burials of the First World War.

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