Veterans Affairs Canada Commonwealth War Graves Commission
For Commonwealth service members of World War II from the Italian Campaign
Unveiled
1944
Location
41°28′39″N13°49′38″E / 41.4776°N 13.8271°E / 41.4776; 13.8271 near
Cassino south-east of Rome, Italy
Commemorated
4,271
Statistics source: CWGC: Cassino War Cemetery
The Cassino War Cemetery is a war grave cemetery in the commune of Cassino, Province of Frosinone, 139 kilometres (86 mi) south-east of Rome, Italy.
Of the burials, 289 servicemen are unidentified. Within the cemetery stands the Cassino Memorial which commemorates over 4,000 Commonwealth servicemen who took part in the Italian campaign and whose graves are not known.[1][2]
^Text: CWGC / Photos: Don & Gwen Edwards - 2000. "Cassino War Cemetery, Italy". Roll-of-Honour.com. Retrieved December 18, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^"Cemetery details: Cassino War Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
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