PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY
Valletta
Malta
Location Information
The Cemetery is located in Triq id-Duluri (Our Lady of Sorrows Street), 2 kilometres south-west of Valletta on the road to Sliema. On the edge of the Gwardamanga district, the entrance is on Triq II-Principessa Melita, leading to Triq Tal-Pieta and Msida Sea Front and Creek.
Please note that there are several "Our Lady of Sorrows" streets in Malta. Visitors are advised to refer to the google map directions via the link provided to avoid confusion.
Cemetery address: Triq Id-Duluri, Pieta.
GPS Co-ordinates: 35.8900774, 14.4947032.
Visiting Information
OPENING TIMES:
December, January and February: Weekdays 7.00am to 4.00pm and Weekends 8.00am to 5.00pm
March, April, May and June: Weekdays 7.00am to 6.00pm and Weekends 8.30am to 6.00pm
July, August and September: Weekdays 6.30am to 7.00pm and Weekends 8.30am to 7.00pm
October: Weekdays 7.00am to 6.00apm and Weekends 8.30am to 6.00pm
November: Weekdays 7.00am to 5.00pm and Weekends 8.30am to 5.00pm
Please note that the register and visitor books are unavailable during hours when the cemetery is unattended.
NOTE: The earth is shallow on Malta and during both wars, many joint or collective burials were made as graves had to be cut into the underlying rock. During the Second World War, such work was particularly hazardous because of air raids. Most of these graves are marked by recumbent markers on which several inscriptions could be carved, and for the sake of uniformity, the same type of marker was used for single graves.
Historical Information
From the spring of 1915, the hospitals and convalescent depots established on the islands of Malta and Gozo dealt with over 135,000 sick and wounded, chiefly from the campaigns in Gallipoli and Salonika, although increased submarine activity in the Mediterranean meant that fewer hospital ships were sent to the island from May 1917.
During the Second World War, Malta's position in the Mediterranean was of enormous Allied strategic importance. Heavily fortified, the island was never invaded, but was subjected to continual bombardment and blockade between Italy's entry into the war in June 1940 and the Axis defeat at El Alamein in November 1942. At the height of Axis attempts to break Malta's resistance in April 1942, the island and her people were awarded the George Cross by King George VI.
Malta's defence relied upon a combined operation in which the contributions made by the three branches of the armed forces and Merchant Navy were equally crucial. Although heavily pressed in defence, offensive raids launched from the island by air and sea had a crippling effect on the Axis lines of communication with North Africa, and played a vital part in the eventual Allied success there.
There are 1,303 Commonwealth casualties of the First World War buried or commemorated at Pieta Military Cemetery, including 20 Indian servicemen who were cremated at Lazaretto Cemetery. Second World War burials number 166. The Commission also cares for 772 non-war graves in the cemetery and 15 war graves of other nationalities.
Cemetery pictures used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Cemetery is located in Triq id-Duluri (Our Lady of Sorrows Street), 2 kilometres south-west of Valletta on the road to Sliema. On the edge of the Gwardamanga district, the entrance is on Triq II-Principessa Melita, leading to Triq Tal-Pieta and Msida Sea Front and Creek.
Please note that there are several "Our Lady of Sorrows" streets in Malta. Visitors are advised to refer to the google map directions via the link provided to avoid confusion.
Cemetery address: Triq Id-Duluri, Pieta.
GPS Co-ordinates: 35.8900774, 14.4947032.
Visiting Information
OPENING TIMES:
December, January and February: Weekdays 7.00am to 4.00pm and Weekends 8.00am to 5.00pm
March, April, May and June: Weekdays 7.00am to 6.00pm and Weekends 8.30am to 6.00pm
July, August and September: Weekdays 6.30am to 7.00pm and Weekends 8.30am to 7.00pm
October: Weekdays 7.00am to 6.00apm and Weekends 8.30am to 6.00pm
November: Weekdays 7.00am to 5.00pm and Weekends 8.30am to 5.00pm
Please note that the register and visitor books are unavailable during hours when the cemetery is unattended.
NOTE: The earth is shallow on Malta and during both wars, many joint or collective burials were made as graves had to be cut into the underlying rock. During the Second World War, such work was particularly hazardous because of air raids. Most of these graves are marked by recumbent markers on which several inscriptions could be carved, and for the sake of uniformity, the same type of marker was used for single graves.
Historical Information
From the spring of 1915, the hospitals and convalescent depots established on the islands of Malta and Gozo dealt with over 135,000 sick and wounded, chiefly from the campaigns in Gallipoli and Salonika, although increased submarine activity in the Mediterranean meant that fewer hospital ships were sent to the island from May 1917.
During the Second World War, Malta's position in the Mediterranean was of enormous Allied strategic importance. Heavily fortified, the island was never invaded, but was subjected to continual bombardment and blockade between Italy's entry into the war in June 1940 and the Axis defeat at El Alamein in November 1942. At the height of Axis attempts to break Malta's resistance in April 1942, the island and her people were awarded the George Cross by King George VI.
Malta's defence relied upon a combined operation in which the contributions made by the three branches of the armed forces and Merchant Navy were equally crucial. Although heavily pressed in defence, offensive raids launched from the island by air and sea had a crippling effect on the Axis lines of communication with North Africa, and played a vital part in the eventual Allied success there.
There are 1,303 Commonwealth casualties of the First World War buried or commemorated at Pieta Military Cemetery, including 20 Indian servicemen who were cremated at Lazaretto Cemetery. Second World War burials number 166. The Commission also cares for 772 non-war graves in the cemetery and 15 war graves of other nationalities.
Cemetery pictures used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
18364 Private
John Bickle
1st Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 9th June 1915, in Malta from wounds received at Gallipoli, aged 42.
Plot A. I. 4.
Lived at 34 Caldervale Rd, Burnley, Lancashire.
John Bickle
1st Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 9th June 1915, in Malta from wounds received at Gallipoli, aged 42.
Plot A. I. 4.
Lived at 34 Caldervale Rd, Burnley, Lancashire.
13172 Private
Robert Emmett
6th East Lancashire Regiment
Died of Wounds 13th August 1915, aged 33.
Plot A. VIII. 5.
Lived at 48 Ashworth Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
Robert Emmett
6th East Lancashire Regiment
Died of Wounds 13th August 1915, aged 33.
Plot A. VIII. 5.
Lived at 48 Ashworth Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
1987 Private
Harold Greenwood
1/5th East Lancashire Regiment
Died 12th October 1915 of fever in Malta , aged 24.
Plot A. XV. 2.
Lived at 5 Hull Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
Harold Greenwood
1/5th East Lancashire Regiment
Died 12th October 1915 of fever in Malta , aged 24.
Plot A. XV. 2.
Lived at 5 Hull Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
11892 Private
Harry Grundy
6th East Lancashire Regiment
Died of Wounds 19th August 1915, aged 21.
Plot A. IX. 5.
Lived at 6 Walnut Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
Harry Grundy
6th East Lancashire Regiment
Died of Wounds 19th August 1915, aged 21.
Plot A. IX. 5.
Lived at 6 Walnut Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
406 Private
Thomas Verran Hammond
2nd Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
24th July 1915, aged 22.
Plot B. III. 2.
Son of William Charles and Mary Ellen Hammond, of Wentworth St., Granville, New South Wales. Born at Sydney.
Thomas Verran Hammond
2nd Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
24th July 1915, aged 22.
Plot B. III. 2.
Son of William Charles and Mary Ellen Hammond, of Wentworth St., Granville, New South Wales. Born at Sydney.
3206 Private
William Horsfield
1/5th East Lancashire Regiment
Died of Dysentry 4th November 1915, aged 25.
Plot D. II. 3.
Son of Henry and Margaret Horsfield, of 84, Mitella St., Burnley.
William Horsfield
1/5th East Lancashire Regiment
Died of Dysentry 4th November 1915, aged 25.
Plot D. II. 3.
Son of Henry and Margaret Horsfield, of 84, Mitella St., Burnley.
2865 Private
Walter Pedley
1/5th East Lancashire Regiment
Died of Wounds 16th November 1915, aged 20.
Plot D. VII. 5.
Lived at 86 Reed Street, Later 5 Hampden Street, Burnley, Lancashire
Walter Pedley
1/5th East Lancashire Regiment
Died of Wounds 16th November 1915, aged 20.
Plot D. VII. 5.
Lived at 86 Reed Street, Later 5 Hampden Street, Burnley, Lancashire
