Orlando Lorenzini
| Orlando Lorenzini | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Born |
3 May 1890 Guardistallo, Tuscany, Italy |
| Died | 17 March 1941 (aged 50) Keren, Italian Eritrea |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of Italy
|
| Service/branch |
 Royal Italian Army
|
| Years of service | 1910–1941 |
| Rank |
Generale di Brigata (Brigadier-General) |
| Commands held |
|
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
|
Pacification of Libya
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
World War II
Orlando Lorenzini (May 3, 1890 – March 17, 1941) was an Italian general during World War II.
Orlando Lorenzini was born in Guardistallo, Pisa province, son of Giuseppe Lorenzini and Maria Giuntini. He entered the S. Quirico Salesian Boarding School in Collesalvetti in 1895, and later attended the Volterra Seminary High School and the Galileo Galilei High School in Pisa, where he graduated. He began his military career on 20 May 1910, when he was drafted as a private in the 84th Infantry Regiment; he fought in the Italo-Turkish War and became an officer on 4 February 1912. During World War I, Lorenzini fought with the rank of Captain on the Italian front, where he commanded the 2099th Machine-gun Company of the "Udine" Brigade in the Montello sector. He received a Silver Medal of Military Valor for an action on 18 June 1918, on Montello, during the Second Battle of the Piave River; he also received a War Merit Cross in 1919.
In the 1920s, Lorenzini fought for several years in Cyrenaica and Fezzan during the campaign for the pacification of Libya. He was mentioned in despatches in July 1924 for inflicting a defeat on the Senussi rebels in the Jebel Auaghir area, in command of a squadron of armed vehicles; in 1925 he was made a Knight of the Colonial Order of the Star of Italy, and in 1926 he received another War Merit Cross and was promoted to Major following a 20-month campaign in the Central Jebel. In the summer of 1927, Lorenzini commanded a armoured car squadron during a successful campaign in the Cyrenaic Jebel, where he pursued and destroyed a group of Libyan rebels in August 1927; in March 1928, he was made a Knight of the Military Order of Savoy for this action and was again mentioned in despatches by the Governor of Cyrenaica. Between January and February 1928, his armoured car squadron fought the rebels between Gifa and Jalo, which led a second Silver Medal of Military Valor being awarded to him in May 1929.
...
Wikipedia