Italy 1943–1945
Salerno War Cemetery, Bivio Pratole (Montecorvino Pugliano)
CWGC war cemetery
The story
The Commonwealth war cemetery for the Salerno landings holds 1,851 graves, 109 of them unidentified, most of them men of the British X Corps who fought between the Sele and Salerno. It lies close to the old Montecorvino airfield and the Battipaglia battlefield. The American dead of Salerno were later moved to the US cemetery at Nettuno.
What to look for
Walk the rows and note the regimental badges of X Corps; the register box by the entrance lists the burials.
Plan your visit
Open access (CWGC) · on the SS18 between Battipaglia and Pontecagnano · parking at the gate
- Open
- Permanently open; may be visited at any time
- Access
- Wheelchair access via the main entrance
Checked September 2026 from official sources: cwgc.org. Things change, so check before you travel.
Nearby sites
- Museo dello Sbarco e Salerno Capitale, Salerno · 9 km
- Sele–Calore corridor, near Ponte Barizzo · 15 km
- Altavilla Silentina and Hill 424 · 21 km
- Temples and museum of Paestum · 24 km
- US 36th Division monument, Paestum beach · 24 km
- Galleria Borbonica air-raid shelter, Naples · 62 km
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Into Europe: Italy 1943–1945
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of the Allied campaign in Italy, from the Sicily landings of July 1943 through Salerno, the Winter Line, Ortona, Cassino and Anzio, Rome, the Gothic Line and the final battles on the Senio and the Po in April 1945.
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