Additional Information:

Son of Tom and Ada Pittam, of Rugby, Warwickshire.

Cemetery:

ASSISI WAR CEMETERY, Italy

Grave Reference/
Panel Number:

IX, D, 5.

Location:

The War Cemetery forms part of the locality of Rivotorto in the Commune of Assisi, in the Province of Perugia. From Rome, take the Autostrada A1, Rome-Milan. Come off at Orte and go along the SS3 bis to Perugia following the signs for Assisi. Take the road to Rivotorto and at a crossroads, from which a church is visible, turn left and the cemetery is about 500 metres down this road. The cemetery is permanently open and may be visited anytime.

Historical Information:

The site was selected in September 1944, and burials were brought in to this cemetery from the surrounding battlefields. A high proportion of them date from June and July 1944, when the Germans were making, in this region, their first attempts to stop the Allied advance north of Rome. There are now nearly 1,000, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified.