War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Orazio Abbott Corte
Private Orazio Abbott Corte was born as Orazio Corte on 27 December 1891 in Turin, Italy, the son of Ferdinando Corte and Maria Corte née Castagneri, a family that hailed from Andorno, Italy. His m...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Sir Michael Costa
Conductor and composer. Born as Michaele Andrea Agniello Costa in Naples, Italy. Prolific writer of operas, symphonies and cantatas, now all virtually forgotten. He moved to Britain in 1830 and bec...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Hugo Daini
Sculptor. Born Rome. The photograph is of his work called 'Nuns'. Died Caracas, Venezuela. We've not been able to find a photo of Daini, nor much information. It would be even less without the ...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Dante Alighieri
Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. Unusually for the time he wrote in Italian rather than Latin. His Divine Comedy is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and th...
1 memorial
Guardsman Frederick Horace Davey
Frederick Horace Davey was born on 6 March 1916, the son of Fitzroy Horace Davey (c.1887-1926) and Violet Annie Davey née Colley born c.1893). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1916 in...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Leonardo da Vinci
Scientist, artist, etc. - a polymath, the first "renaissance man". Born in Vinci, Italy (No? Really?). Died in France.
3 memorials
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