Arezzo War Cemetery is a war cemetery operated by the

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, to the North West of the city of

Arezzo Arezzo ( , , ) , also ; ett, 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌, Aritim. is a city and ''comune'' in Italy and the capital of the province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of above sea level. ...

, Italy. It was established in November 1944, to house the remains of Allied casualties from

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. The remains of 1,266 men are interred there, mostly British. However, the interments also include a number of members of the 4th and 8th Divisions of the

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, who are buried in a separate section, in plots VII–IX. The cemetery also has one American burial, plus more from Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa, and 37 who are unidentified. Arezzo War Cemetery 10

Near the entrance is an inscription, in English and Italian, reading: Notable interments include

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St John Graham Young GC.

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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial article
with plan of the cemetery Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Italy 1944 establishments in Italy Arezzo