Sicilian Military Document Translation

[porta1412]

Hi All,

Can someone please help me with the translations of these Sicilian Military documents specifically where they fought etc. There is so much information and i do not want to miss anything.
Thanks so much
Joe

[porta1412]

Here is the rest of the document, it was too large to upload as one.
Thanks
Joe

[darkerhorse]

Can you provide a link to the source?

[porta1412]

Hi sorry i dont have a link because they were sent to me as a pdf from the Messina Ministry of War. I can send you the pdf in an email if you would like?

[darkerhorse]

Hi sorry i dont have a link because they were sent to me as a pdf from the Messina Ministry of War. I can send you the pdf in an email if you would like?

No thanks. I was just interested in the source for my own searching.

[porta1412]

Oh ok sorry, this is the email address i sent the request to for Messina Military Documents
as-me@cultura.gov.it

[AngelaGrace56]

Can you provide a link to the source?

You might be interested in the following link, which pertains to searching those soldiers that have died in the Great War:

Searching World War 1 Deceased: https://www.cadutigrandeguerra.it/CercaNome.aspx

You can keep your search really simple. All you need to do is type in the surname (Nominativo e paternita Box) and the town of birth (Comune in Albo Box), then the Province and Region Boxes. Then scroll down and click on “CERCA” (Search) It’s amazing what comes up with so little information.

Angela

[AngelaGrace56]

Here is the rest of the document, it was too large to upload as one.
Thanks
Joe

Attachments

scan LETIZIA 3.pdf

Hi Joe

Sorry these records have been sitting here for so long. I’ve made a start for you and translated the easiest record here which doesn’t have a lot of tricky script and “Army Jargon” with it. Someone might catch what is handwritten in pencil. I also want to tell you that all the records you have posted are pertaining to Salvatore (one is a Leave Record and the other a Service Record). (I haven't looked at the second (white) sheet here.) Hopefully someone who is more experenced than I am in reading Military Records will save me from embarrassment and translate them for you, as they would take me some time, and I wouldn’t do them justice. (They do contain a lot of double information anyway.) There are no records there for brothers Antonino and Filippo, who both died during World War I, but I did manage to locate information for both of them which I will add in my next post. (There was no record for Giuseppe either. I'll get back to you about him.)

This is what I am understanding:

"The undersigned widow, Angela Letizia, daughter of Antonino, living in Nase declares and requests the following:

She has lost two sons named Filippo, and Antonino, in the 1915/18 War, while another named Giuseppe is a prisoner in the current war. As her son Salvatore is currently being recalled to arms, she forwarded the enclosed application to the Command of the 12th Battaglione Mitraglieri, Someggiata di C.A. Militelle? which was rejected by the Registration? Office of the said Battalion.

Because the exponent believes she has the right to request her son’s discharge, by either applying the first part of circular 149700.51 or by applying the second part, she therefore requests the Hon. Ministers to arrange for the discharge of her said son.

Dated in Naso on 19 April 1942
Signed Angela Letizia"

It will probably need some tweeking (and hopefully not a complete rehash)

Angela

[AngelaGrace56]

Some information about brothers Antonino Letizia and Filippo:

Antonino Letizia, son of Salvatore, born 1898 (15 November), in Naso, was a Soldier in the 140 Reggimento Fanteria. He died in 1918 in Como (26 July), due to illness. I’m understanding he was buried in Cimitero di Camerlata, Como


Antonino: https://www.cadutigrandeguerra.it/ShowI ... k5f4Whc%3d


Nominativo e paternità: LETIZIA ANTONINO DI SALVATORE
Albo d'Oro: Sicilia II - (Vol XXI) (21)
Province: CT - ME - SR
Pagina: 276
Sub in Pagina: 14
Comune nascita: Naso
Provincia nascita: Messina
Regione nascita: Sicilia
Comune nascita attuale: Naso
Provincia nascita attuale: Messina
Regione nascita attuale: Sicilia
Data nascita: 15 Novembre 1898
Grado in Albo: Soldato
Grado Uniformato: Soldato
Reparto in Albo: 140 Reggimento Fanteria
Reparto Uniformato: 140 Reggimento Fanteria
Arruolamento: Distretto Militare Di Messina
Casualità: morto
Data Morte: 26 Luglio 1918
Luogo Morte: Como
Causa Morte in Albo: Malattia
Causa Morte Uniformata: Malattia
Decorazioni:
Sepoltura: Cimitero di Camerlata (CO) - da una ricerca dell'Associazione Storica Cimeetrincee (ASCeT)

Angela

[AngelaGrace56]

Filippo Letizia, son of Salvatore, born in 1896 (16 March), was a Soldier in the 144 Reggimento Fanteria. He was killed in 1916 (11 October) in Carso, during combat.

https://www.cadutigrandeguerra.it/ShowI ... k5f4Whc%3d

Nominativo e paternità: LETIZIA FILIPPO DI SALVATORE
Albo d'Oro: Sicilia II - (Vol XXI) (21)
Province: CT - ME - SR
Pagina: 276
Sub in Pagina: 15
Comune nascita: Naso
Provincia nascita: Messina
Regione nascita: Sicilia
Comune nascita attuale: Naso
Provincia nascita attuale: Messina
Regione nascita attuale: Sicilia
Data nascita: 16 Marzo 1896
Grado in Albo: Soldato
Grado Uniformato: Soldato
Reparto in Albo: 144 Reggimento Fanteria
Reparto Uniformato: 144 Reggimento Fanteria
Arruolamento: Distretto Militare Di Messina
Casualità: disperso
Data Morte: 11 Ottobre 1916
Luogo Morte: Carso
Causa Morte in Albo: Combattimento
Causa Morte Uniformata: Combattimento

Angela

[AngelaGrace56]

(There was no record for Giuseppe either. I'll get back to you about him.)

Angela

Joe, you might be interested in learning more about Giuseppe’s time as a POW during WW2:
https://www.icrc.org/en/document/reques ... -war-quota

I wrote to the ICRC years ago re a family member who had been held in several POW camps from January 1941. It took at least a year to hear back from them, with me sending one or two followup reminders. They often got overhwelmed with requests. They now have a new system whereby they only take a certain number of requests every four months. See here: https://www.icrc.org/en/document/reques ... -war-quota

They are making the next application form available online on 19 May 2025 in case you were interested. You have to be quick in applying as their quota for applications fills up quite quickly.

You could also write and ask for his military record. It won’t have any info about his time as a POW though. It might just state that he had been held captive. The POW Record from ICRC will contain all the details of the various camps he may have been held in, where he was captured etc. It's well worth applying for this record.

Hopefully you’ll see this post in time.

Angela