In the occasion of the November 4th celebration and two years after the publication of the remembrance of the Fallen and Decorated of Moschiano of the First World War we want to pay homage to all the participants from Moschiano of that War.

Listed below are the names of all those we were able to find born between 1875 and 1899  the years they were called to arms. .

Many of those born in those years did not take part for various reasons: they died, emigrated, were exempted or other. We managed to track down 120 of them. Of these, 17 fell on the battlefield, in captivity or due to illnesses resulting from service, 7 were decorated with a medal or War Cross for military valor, xxx were wounded, yy were taken prisoner.

A small number of people when called evaded the military service and because of this their names  do not deserve to be mentioned. Some others after answering the call to the arms tried in various ways to evade military service and for this they were tried, condemned as deserters and often imprisoned, but all served with courage and were later on pardoned. Many, even if they returned from the front, bore the signs of the suffering endured for the rest of their lives.

Aster more than 100 years from the end of the Great War only their memories are left, but with this initiative mot only we want keep their alive their memory as the Roman used to say : "As long as you keep saying my name I will not die", but we want also involve especially the new generation in the role that they have in making history because as we say" History is us.

The research was conducted by first consulting the birth records of the municipality of Moschiano for the years 1875-1899 (over 2200 people of which about half were male). For each of the males we went through their military records at the State Archives of Avellino and extracted the information for all those we managed to find and who in some way participated in the Great War Some of them on the various fronts (Carsico, Dolomitico, French, Libia, Macedonia), some taking care of the wounded, some on administrative duties.

The results of the research are presented in two forms: Excel spreadsheet and a table.

The spreadsheet will give you generic information (e.g. Birth date, Father and mother name ,etc.) and for each soldier some facts (if he fell was wounded, captured, etc.). Like any spreadsheet you can scroll left/right or up/down to get more info. The table instead will give you last naand first name and the ID number. When clicking on the ID number on the FM column you will get a picture of the matriculation sheet, while when clicking on the Ext column you will get his transcript. When available (if in blue) when clicking on the last or first name you will get a picture of the soldier. 

We would like to thank Dott.ssa Rosa Manfredi, Carmine Russo, Don Giuseppe Napolitano for the great help they gave us during this research.

Carmine manfredi

 

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