ITALIAN MINISTER OF WAR VISITS ITALIAN CORPS OF LIBERATION (NA 14613) Original wartime caption: General Orlando salutes the flags of the infantry and artillery, paraded in front of the presentation platform. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205529288

Success of the Orlando search earlier this month, which I wrote here. I did another search of the Imperial War Museum material, to see if there were any other instances of the ORLANDO surname for my One-Name Study, I was not disappointed.

This image, is quite small considering the size of the card it is mounted on, nonetheless, it identifies General Orlando saluting the flag of the Italian infantry and artillery who were in front of the platform.

Here is the timeline of his Italian Military Service:

Taddeo Orlando was born in Gaeta, a city in the  province of Latina, in Lazio, Southern Italy on 23 June 1885. He died in Rome on 1 September 1950.

• 1899 November 1 – A student of the Military College of Naples 
• 1903 September 30 – A student of the Military Academy.
• 1906 July 29 – Appointed Second Lieutenant of Artillery
• 1908 – Received rank of Lieutenant in the 3rd Fortress Artillery Regiment, and subsequently assigned to the 10th Regiment and saw action in the Italian-Turkish War, which took place between 29 September 1911 and 18 October 1912.
• Orlando was promoted to the rank of Captain and saw military service in the First World War. He obtained the rank of Major with command roles in the Artillery. He was then transferred to the General Staff Corps.
• 1918 – Having been transferred to the General Staff Corp, he obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel following promotion.
• 1930 November 20 – Promoted to the rank of Colonel he was posted to Tripolitania (Libya)
• 1937 – Promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and remained in Libya.
• 1938 – Assigned to the General Staff position.
• 1940 March 1 – Appointed to the Commander of the “Granatieri di Sardegna” Infantry Division
• 1941 May 31 – Orlando was promoted to General of Division and saw military service in the Second World War.
• 1943 April 15 – appointed General of the Army Corps for war merit, with the role of Commander of the XX Army Corps 
• 1944 June 18 – Minister of War.
• 1944 July 21 – Appointed General Commander of the Royal Carabinieri, a post he held until 6 March 1945
• 1947 November 30 –  General Secretary for the Ministry of Defence – Army, a post he held until 20 September 1948

He received a number of military medals and honours:

• Officer’s Cross of the Order Military of Savoy which was the highest honour awarded to him 
• Silver Medal
• Bronze Medals x2 for Military Valour

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