arquata scravia italy ww1

[Katie Hiscock]

hello

im looking for any infomation regarding arquata scrivia in italy and it being the britsh base. my great grandfather had this tin in his pocket during ww1. id like to know if it was a tin of food or somthing else, some one tried telling me it was souviner he brought back but i dont think its the case and this tin has been cut and not professionally. i have found out that this was a disused wine factory

many thanks katie h

[AlanBoyd]

from the WP page for Arquata Scrivia:

During the First World War, British soldiers were stationed in Arquata to support Italian soldiers. A team of Red Cross nurses headed by Mrs Marie Watkins used the theatre at Arquata Scrivia as a recreation room and canteen for British soldiers. The Communal Cemetery Extension of Arquata is the British war cemetery where British soldiers are buried who died in the war or of the Spanish flu.