Collective Grave of Mnes. Denmark, Porter, Spencer and Wise

[Photo courtesy of Lindsay Miller.]

In Memory of the following four Commandos from No.40 Royal Marine Commando, Royal Marines, who all died in the accidental explosion of an ammunition truck at Cannizaro, Sicily, on the 1st September 1943 and are remembered with honour in a collective grave at Catania War Cemetery.

PO/X 109616 Marine Robert McLelland Denmark, aged 21.
PLY/X 104940 Marine Ernest William Porter, aged 22.
PLY/X 109442 Marine Frank Spencer.
CH/X 111182 Marine Albert Wise, aged 20.