Carlo Ceriana-Mayneri

Count Carlo Ceriana-Mayneri (8 March 1886 – 16 April 1960) was an Italian general during World War II.

Biography

After attending the Cavalry School of the Royal Italian Army, he graduated with the rank of second lieutenant on 7 April 1905 and was assigned to the 1st Regiment "Nizza Cavalleria", which during the First World War fought near Monfalcone and later in the battle of Vittorio Veneto. Before the war he married Marcella Grazioli Lante della Rovere, with whom he had four children, Giulianella (born in 1914), Vittoria (1915), Ludovico (1920) and Umberto (1931). In 1934, with the rank of colonel, Ceriana-Mayneri was given command of the 4th Regiment "Genova Cavalleria", which in 1935 took part in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, participating in the conquest of Neghelli. In 1938, after promotion to brigadier general, Ceriana-Mayneri assumed the position of Commander of the Cavalry Application School.

In the summer of 1943 Ceriana-Mayneri returned to Italy to take command of the 216th Coastal Division, tasked with coastal defense in the Pisa area. In 1947 he published the book Parla un comandante di truppe. He died in 1960.