Beach Head War Cemetery
The Beach Head War Cemetery near Anzio is a Commonwealth cemetery of the Second World War. It contains graves resulting mostly from Operation Shingle and subsequent military actions in Italy.
Cemetery contains 2,316 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 2025 of them identified, including Victoria Cross recipient, Sgt. Maurice Rogers. There is also one First World War burial which was brought from Chieti Communal Cemetery near Rome.
Cemetery was designed by British architect Louis de Soissons.
