GIAVERA BRITISH CEMETERY,

 ARCADE (ITALY)

The following information is taken from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.

The town of Giavera is in the Province of Treviso. It is 12 kilometres east of Montebelluna and 14 kilometres west of Conegliano on the main road between the two places. Giavera British Cemetery is 500 metres north-west of the town close to the church. Within the cemetery, occupying a central position on the western wall, is the Giavera Memorial, which commemorates those British soldiers who fell in Italy in 1918 and whose places of burial are unknown.

On 4th December, 1917, the X1th and XIVth British Corps took over from the Italians the Montello sector of the Piave front, with the French on their left. The Montello sector acted as a hinge to the whole Italian line, joining that portion facing north from Mt. Tomba to Lake Garda with the defensive line of the River Piave covering Venice, which was held by the Third Italian Army. The British troops on the sector were not involved in any large operations, but they carried out continuous patrol work across the River Piave, as well as much successful counter battery work. In January, 1918, an additional sector of the defence on the right was taken over by the British troops. Between December and March the R.F.C. carried out a large number of successful raids on enemy aerodromes, railway junctions, and other objectives. In March, 1918, the British troops on the Montello sector were relieved. Three Divisions (7th, 48th and 23rd) took over the Asiago sector in the mountains north of Vicenza, and two Divisions (5th and 41st) were despatched to France. In October, the 7th and 23rd Divisions were withdrawn from the Asiago Plateau to take over the northern portion of the X1th Italian Corps front from Salletuol to Palazzon, on the River Piave. These Divisions took a prominent part in the Passage of the Piave (23rd October-4th November, 1918) during the final Battle of Vittorio-Veneto. On 4th November the Armistice came into effect, and active hostilities ceased. Men who fell in defending the Piave from December, 1917, to March, 1918, and those who fell on the west of the river during the Passage of the Piave, are buried in this Cemetery.

Records 417 U.K. burials.

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Contains the grave of:

• Youll VC, J.C. 2nd Lt. Northumberland Fusiliers