Naples British Cemetery
- Country Italy
- Total identified casualties 14 Find these casualties
- Identified casualties from First World War
- GPS Coordinates Latitude: 40.86897, Longitude: 14.28349
Location information
From the A1 take the Tangenziale west towards Capodimonte and Capodichino airport. Exit at Capodichino onto the main road, Viale Comandante Umberto Maddalena. Turn left into this road, going south for 250 metres to Largo S. Maria del Pianto and bearing right into the Via Don Bosco for 200 metres where the British or Protestant Cemetery is located (in the district of Doganella). Cemetery Address: Largo Santa Maria del Pianto - Napoli. GPS Co-ordinates: 40.8697, 14.284523.
Visiting information
For further information and enquiries please contact enquiries@cwgc.org
History information
The Italians entered the war on the Allied side, declaring war on Austria, in May 1915. Commonwealth forces were at the Italian front between November 1917 and November 1918. The Royal and Merchant Navies were active in the Mediterranean and Adriatic throughout the war and many of their dead are buried along the Italian coast. Naples British Cemetery contains 13 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. Eight of the burials are associated with the torpedoing of the transport "Canara" on 9 August 1917.