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Arezzo War Cemetery is a war cemetery operated by the 
Near the entrance is an inscription, in English and Italian, reading:
Notable interments include
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial article
with plan of the cemetery Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Italy 1944 establishments in Italy Arezzo Cemeteries in Tuscany
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations mil ...
, to the North West of the city of Arezzo
Arezzo ( , ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in Italy and the capital of the Province of Arezzo, province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of Above mean sea level, above sea level. As of 2 ...
, Italy. It was established in November 1944, to house the remains of Allied casualties from World War II
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. The remains of 1,266 men are interred there, mostly British. However, the interments also include a number of members of the 4th and 8th Divisions of the Indian Army
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, 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:
Notable interments include Lieutenant
A lieutenant ( , ; abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a Junior officer, junior commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations, as well as fire services, emergency medical services, Security agency, security services ...
St John Graham Young GC.
References
External links
* {{Commons categoryThe Canadian Virtual War Memorial article
with plan of the cemetery Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Italy 1944 establishments in Italy Arezzo Cemeteries in Tuscany