Granezza British Cemetery, Italy – Cheltenham war memorial archive

Granezza BritishCemetery, Italy
Location: 9 kilometres south of the town of Asiago in the commune of Lusiana, Italy.
Visited: August 2007 (see Notes)	“Cheltonians” buried in the Cemetery: 1
CWGC Cemetery Information Sheet can be viewed here
Granezza British Cemetery Copyright and source – Commonwealth War Graves Commission
“Cheltonians” buried in this Cemetery
2Lt Arnold ALDRICH, 1/8th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, is buried in Plot I, Row A, Grave 9. He was serving in the Asiago Plateau area of Italy when on 1st May 1918 he was thrown from his horse and killed. He is commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial, theLeckhampton War Memorial, theLeckhampton (St Peter’s Church) War Memorial and on the Cheltenham Roll of Honour. He left a widow, Mrs Gertrude Alice Aldrich, who resided at “Enderley”, Charlton Lane, Leckhampton. Lt Aldrich’s date of death is inscribed on his headstone as 2nd May 1918. Communications with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (2006) has provided documentary evidence to show that he died on 1st May 1918 and the CWGC will amend the headstone in due course.

Notes:

1. I wish to acknowledge and express my thanks to Catherine Switzer, who took the photo of the headstone in August 2007.

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