Landing beaches in Pachino

The 1st Canadian Division landed in the early hours of 10 July on the beaches behind Pachino. The 1st  brigade landed on Spaggia Sugar (Sugar Beach), near Porto Ulisse. The 2nd brigade landed on Spaggia Roger (Roger Beach), a little further east at Funni i varchi. 

Within a few hours the Canadian forces had neutralised the batteries of Mauceri and reached the airport. By 06:45 their objectives had been achieved with limited losses (75 men). 

The British 51st Division landed at Punta delle Formiche (Red beach) and between Capo Palo and Marzamemi (Green beach). 

Here Second Lieutenant Vincenzo Barone, a native of Modica, fell, and was awarded the Gold Medal for Military Valour. 

In 1992, a first monument was erected near Port Ulysses on the initiative of Colonel Charles Sidney Frost, former pro-Mayor during the AMGOT government, and Maestro Carmelo Nigro. The monument consists of three concrete monoliths on which white marble slabs are affixed. The central one commemorates the Canadians, and the other two, added in 2001, are dedicated to fallen Italian soldiers and civilians. 

In 2013, during the first edition of the Operation Husky commemoration initiative promoted by the Canadian Steve Gregory (founder of WRAP - Walking for Remembrance & Peace), a monument dedicated to the Canadian landing was unveiled in the Town Hall square of Pachino. It is a block of local stone with the Canadian flag on one side and the coat of arms of the municipality of Pachino on the other.  

In 2023, during the WRAP, markers were installed on the beach at Funni, the crossing that saw the first landing of the Canadian forces.