Rome War Cemetery

Rome War Cemetery was designed by Louis de Soissons. It contains 426 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.

Rome was taken on 3 June 1944 as the German withdrawal continued. The cemetery was started shortly afterwards and was used mainly for burials from the occupying garrison, but a few graves were brought in from the surrounding country, and some soldiers and airmen who died as prisoners of war in Rome are also buried there. Rome War Cemetery lies alongside and within the Aurelian Walls of the ancient city of Rome. It is reached from the Piazza Venezia, the centre of Rome, by going down the Via dei Fori Imperiali, past the Coliseum, and along the Viale Aventino as far as the Porta San Paolo.

The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Burial details

WARD, Albert William Pte 6408727 4 th Bn, Parachute Regiment. 2 March 1945, plot : 22 1-D-29
McSPERRIT, Bernard Ignatius Gnr 7017181 4 th Bn, Parachute Regiment. (RA attached) 29 October 1944, plot : 28 1-D-30
DUNCAN, William Pte 2993395 5th (Scottish) Bn, Parachute Regiment. 5 March 1945, plot : 21 2-D-8
LOCKE, William Henry Cpl 5679337 4 th Bn, Parachute Regiment. 29 October 1944, plot :  30 2-F-29
BIRKETT, William, Donald Lieut 179702 1st Parachute Squadron, RE (died as POW) 13 August 1944, plot : 24 2-F-6