Gradara War Cemetery

Gradara War Cemetery is situated in the Commune of Gradara in the Province of Pesaro.

The site for the cemetery was chosen in November 1944 and it contains the graves of casualties incurred during the advance from Ancona to Rimini, which broke the German's heavily defended Gothic Line, and in the heavy fighting around Rimini, which was taken by the Allies on 21 September 1944.

Gradara War Cemetery contains 1,191 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, including the grave of John Frederick Ormrod (Grave Ref. I, D, 70.), who died on 13 September 1944, whilst serving with the Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment).

	MAJOR / J.M. KENION BA. / 149TH A. TK. REGT. R.A. / (LANCASHIRE YEOMANRY) / 12TH SEPTEMBER 1944 AGE 33 / "LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS" (Grave Ref. II, B, 20.) John Michael Kenion - "Son of John Graham Kenion and Mary Louisa Kenion, of Underskiddaw, Cumberland. B.A. (Cantab.)." Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register
	6402987 CORPORAL / E. LE GRICE / THE ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT / 9TH SEPTEMBER 1944 AGE 26 / IN LOVING MEMORY / OF OUR BELOVED SON / WHO GAVE HIS LIFE / FOR HIS COUNTRY. R.I.P. (Grave Ref. II, B, 16.) Ernest Le Grice - "Son of Benjamin John and Florence Ellen Le Grice, of Stockwell, London." Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register
	4928463 L. CPL / J.F. ORMROD / THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS / 13TH SEPTEMBER 1944 AGE 21 (Grave Ref. I, D, 70.)