点评:Took my father here to pay our respects to his late Uncle who served in WWII - it was my dads wish to do this for several years and we are probably the first and last family members to do so. We travelled from Cornwall in the UK and the only airport that would fly to Pescara (nearest airport to Sangro River) was London Stanstead. We travelled to London Stanstead and spent the night in a hotel near the airport as we had an early morning flight to Pescara.
The Memorial is about a 40 minute drive from Pescara and I had emailed the Hotel Victoria (the hotel where we stayed in Pescara) in advance and they kindly booked a private taxi transfer for us - I am so glad that I did this as I would of never been able to navigate it or locate it myself. The visit to the memorial is very moving, up on a hill in a peaceful location with just the birds in the background, it is kept immaculate and I am so glad that we were able to locate my Great Uncles grave stone and pay our respects.
If you are looking to locate a particular plot you can find the plot numbers on line at the Common Wealth War Grave Commission website - the plot numbers are for Sangro River for example - XV B 21 - so this would be block 15 row 8 and plot 21.
翻译:带我父亲来这里祭拜他已故的叔叔,他曾在二战中服役——这是我父亲多年来的愿望,我们可能是家里第一个也是最后一个这样做的人。我们从英国康沃尔出发,当时唯一能飞往佩斯卡拉(离桑格罗河最近的机场)的机场是伦敦斯坦斯特德机场。我们去了伦敦斯坦斯特德机场,因为第二天一大早要乘飞机去佩斯卡拉,所以在机场附近的酒店住了一晚。
纪念馆距离佩斯卡拉大约40分钟车程,我提前给维多利亚酒店(我们在佩斯卡拉住的酒店)发了邮件,他们很贴心地为我们预订了私人出租车——我很高兴我这么做了,因为我自己永远都找不到它。参观纪念馆的过程非常感人,它坐落在山上,环境宁静,背景中只有鸟儿在飞翔,纪念馆维护得一尘不染,我很高兴我们找到了我叔祖父的墓碑并表达了我们的敬意。
如果您想查找某个墓地,您可以在英联邦战争墓地委员会的网站上在线查找墓地编号。例如,桑格罗河的墓地编号为 XV B 21,因此该墓地编号为第 15 街区第 8 行,墓地编号为 21。