Posts Tagged ‘Rome in June 1944’
Thanksgiving service to be held to mark 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Rome
Cathedral Church of St Michael & St George Cardinal Nichols has authorised a thanksgiving service to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Rome to be held at the Military Cathedral Church of St Michael & St George in Aldershot at 11.30 on Saturday 15 June. The Cathedral Church of St Michael and St George serves…
Read MoreLiberation of Rome conference to highlight the Italian Campaign
Bookings are now open for The Liberation of Rome Conference in Anzio on 31 May-1 June 2024. The event will examine the events leading to the end of the occupation of Rome on 4 June 1944 and their contemporary resonance. The conference is supported by local, regional and central government in Italy and will hear…
Read MorePiper Albert Jeffrey at the Vatican
Excerpt of The Wartime Memoirs of Albert “Jeff” Jeffrey. The 2 LIR’s visit to the Pope in June 1944 is well documented but nothing has been written of the Band’s performance. On arriving we did the usual trick of counter-marching on arrival at any church, so as to be facing the following marchers who then…
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