Saturday 11 May 2024
2100: Local commemorative events in Castelforte to mark the start of the Final Battle of Cassino at 11pm on 11 May 1944.
Overnight – Castelforte.
Sunday 12 May 2024
0830: Church Service of Thanksgiving in Castelforte.
1000: Remembrance Service at Minturno CWGC Cemetery.
1200-1400: Monte Damiano Battlefield Reviews, organised by the Gustav Line Museum.
1700-1900: Reception at Gustav Linea Association Museum in Castelforte.
Overnight – Castelforte.
Monday 13 May 2024
0900-1000: Amazon Bridge commemorations, along with the Royal Engineers/Monte Cassino Society.
1400-1700: Visit to the Abbey of Monte Cassino/Polish War Cemetery/Snakeshead Ridge.
Overnight – Cassino.
Tuesday 14 May 2024
1000-1100: Remembrance Service at Cassino CWGC Cemetery.
1400-1700: Liri Valley Battlefield review.
- Congo Bridge crossings on 14 May 1944.
- Piopetto crossing – 6 Innisks advance on 15 May 1944.
- ‘O’ Group for 2 LIR on 15 May 1944.
- Start Line for 2 LIR advance on 16 May 1944.
- Casa Sinagoga – Objective of 2 LIR attack on 16 May 1944.
- Colle Monache – Start of advance of 1 RIrF on morning of 17 May 1944.
- Piumarola – Fighting for 6 Innisks/2 LIR on 17 May 1944.
- Route 6 – Cutting of Via Casalina on 17 May 1944.
Overnight – Cassino.
Wednesday 15 May 2024
1000-1100: Commemorative Service at the German War Cemetery at Caira.
1200: Travel to Anzio.
1400-1500: CWGC at Anzio, Beachhead Cemeteries.
1600: “The Wadis”/Flyover/”The Factory”/E.F. Waters Memorial.
Overnight – Cassino.
Thursday 16 May 2024
0900-1100: Commemoration of the precise timing of 2 LIR’s attack on the Gustav Line at Casa Sinagoga south of Cassino.