Temporary burial ground in Mozzagrogna, Italy, 1943

Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, Italy, 1943.

A damaged First World War memorial surrounded by fresh graves. Mozzagrogna was captured from the Germans in November 1943 after a bitter fight. The grave marker in the foreground is that of Fusilier Edward James Warman (6467777), 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), killed in action, 2 December 1943. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission have his final resting place as the Sangro River War Cemetery.

From an album containing 233 photographs compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).