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In 1944, the monastery at Monte Cassino in Italy was bombed by Allied aircraft.
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Its battle honours include Blenheim, Talavera, Waterloo, Aliwal, Ypres, Fondouk, Cassino and more recently the Gulf, 1991.
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This ragtag army mustered in Persia, trained in Palestine and fought notably at Monte Cassino in Italy.
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The BBC's David Willey in Cassino said that the war graves of more than 4, 000 British and Commonwealth servicemen stretch in every direction from the site.
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