The Salerno War Cemetery was initiated in November 1943. It contains many burials of casualties of the landings and subsequent fighting in September 1943. The 59th General Hospital was in the vicinity of Salerno at the end of 1943, early 1944 which resulted in additional burials.
Salerno War Cemetery contains 1,851 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, which includes 109 that are unidentified. In addition there are two non-war graves and the grave of a Russian soldier. There is one commemoration from World War One.
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| Salerno War Cemetery |
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| Salerno War Cemetery IJ |
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| Salerno War Cemetery Cross of Sacrifice |
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| Salerno War Cemetery Stone of Remembrance |
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| Salerno War Cemetery |
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| Salerno War Cemetery |
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| Salerno War Cemetery Unknown Soldier World War Two |
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| Salerno War Cemetery Captain MJ Carroll 113 Field Regiment Royal Artillery |
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| Salerno War Cemetery Captain P Gilder 172 Field Regiment Royal Artillery |
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| Salerno War Cemetery Gunner TW Williams 70 Field Regiment Royal Artillery |
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| Salerno War Cemetery Captain TR Logan 16th Battalion Durham Light Infantry |
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| Salerno War Cemetery Lt AT Brunswick Durham Light Infantry |
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| Salerno War Cemetery Lone World War One Grave (Beyond right hand tree) |
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| Salerno War Cemetery Lascar Abdool Somode Indian Merchant Service |
Lascar Abdool Somode lost his life on Christmas Day 1917 when the SS Umballa was torpedoed off Cape Scala in Gulf of Policastro. The Umballa stayed afloat and was run aground and wrecked near the village of Praia a Mare, 100km south east of the Salerno War Cemetery. Abdoola was originally buried Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, San Giovanni a Piro, near the village of Praia a Mare. His grave was lost and he is now commemorated in the Salerno War Cemetery.
The inscription on his headstone reads;
BURIED AT THE TIME IN THE CHAPEL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, SAN GIOVANNI A PIRO, BUT WHOSE GRAVE IS NOW LOST. THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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