Written on back of photo "Little Italian kids putting flowers onto graves at Castiglione" The cross is inscribed PTE CURTIS R.B. and C of E (Church of England?) and possibly UDF with the date 20-10-1944. The photograph was taken by Capt. Jack James Adendorff in 1944, the father of the contributor, MaryAnn Hill.
Additional information:
According to the South African War Graves Project, the grave is that of Private Ralph Bearwood CURTIS (Service no 578758) of Witwatersrand Rifles / Regiment de la Rey.
Killed in action, aged 20, son of Mr and Mrs R Curtis of Rosettenville, Johannesburg.
http://www.southafricawargraves.org/search/details.php?id=4846
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