The Italian Campaign
All too often the sacrifices made in Italy are overshadowed by the Allied landings in Normandy. Some of those who fought for the liberation of Italy even referred to themselves ironically as “D-Day dodgers”, yet all who took part in the campaign knew the hardships and sacrifices made in one of the fiercest struggles of the war in Europe. (Image: IWM NA 14999)
Flying Officer Philip Hardy Hemsley, Royal Air Force killed on Black Friday April 1945
Havildar Krishan Bahadur Gurung, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
Gunner 984212 John “Jack” Warren, 73 Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
Major 21685V Hillary John Ellis Clarke, 5 Squadron, South African Air Force
Serjeant Charles Henry Alexander Winterton, Royal Scots Fusiliers
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