Brigadier General Giuseppe Garibaldi II | |
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 Garibaldi in 1915 | |
| Nickname(s) | Peppino Garibaldi |
| Born | (1879-07-29)29 July 1879 Melbourne,Colony of Victoria (nowAustralia) |
| Died | 19 May 1950(1950-05-19) (aged 70) Rome,Italian Republic |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Greece United Kingdom France Kingdom of Italy Maderistas |
| Service |  Hellenic Army.png) British Army French ArmyItalian Army |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Unit | French Foreign Legion |
| Commands | Commander ofGaribaldi Legion |
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| Spouse(s) | Madalyn Nichols Taylor |
| Relations | Giuseppe Garibaldi (grandfather) Anita Garibaldi (grandmother) Ricciotti Garibaldi (Father) Menotti Garibaldi (uncle) |
Brigadier-GeneralGiuseppe Garibaldi II (29 July 1879 – 19 May 1950), better known asPeppino Garibaldi, was an Italian soldier, patriot and revolutionary. He was grandson ofGiuseppe Garibaldi.
Garibaldi was born inMelbourne, Australia, the son ofRicciotti Garibaldi and Harriet Constance Hopcraft.[1]
Together with his father, he took part in theGreco-Turkish War of 1897 alongside the Greeks and afterwards fought with the liberals againstCipriano Castro inVenezuela, and in other conflicts inSouth America. He volunteered and served with great distinction in theBritish Army during theSecond Boer War, carrying with him a sword given to his grandfather by the working men ofTyneside,England, in 1854.[2]
He served as a lieutenant colonel (teniente coronel) in the army ofFrancisco I. Madero during the initial victories of the 1910Mexican Revolution.Plaza Garibaldi inMexico City was named in honor of his actions in the battle ofNuevo Casas Grandes.Pancho Villa sacked Lt Col Garibaldi because of a bitter controversy over the credit for the victory atFirst Battle of Ciudad Juárez in 1911, but the name of the plaza (formerlyPila de la Habana) stuck nonetheless, despite the way he left the Army of the Revolution.
Garibaldi again served with the Greek Army during theFirst Balkan War in 1912.
At the outbreak ofWorld War I, Garibaldi joined theFrench army at the head of the4e régiment de marche du 1er étranger[3] and later fought on theItalian front for Italy. In November 1915 his unit was the one that planted the Italian flag on the summit ofCol di Lana. For this he received a promotion to colonel.[4] He was promoted tobrigadier-general in June 1918, retiring from the military one year later.
Garibaldi opposed theNational Fascist Party régime ofBenito Mussolini which came to power in 1922 (while his younger brotherEzio favored it). He eventually left Italy for the United States, where he married Madalyn Nichols Taylor. In 1940 he returned to Italy, where in 1943 the German authorities arrested and imprisoned him in theRegina Coeli prison in Rome. After the war he retired to private life.
He died in Rome in 1950, aged 70.
In 1921, during the celebrations of the first centenary of the consummation of theIndependence of Mexico, the old tianguis El Baratillo ofMexico City changed its name toPlaza Garibaldi in honor of Peppino Garibaldi, (also known as Plaza Santa Cecilia), which It is famous for the groups ofmariachis, norteño groups, romantic trios andVeracruz music groups that meet there, dressed in their typical attire and equipped with their musical instruments to carry out aserenade.
| Giuseppe Garibaldi | Ana Maria de Jesus Ribeiro da Silva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domenico Menotti Garibaldi | Rosa "Rosita" Garibaldi | Teresa "Teresita" Garibaldi | Ricciotti Garibaldi | Harriet Constance Hopcraft | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peppino Garibaldi | Costante Garibaldi | Anita Italia Garibaldi | Ezio Garibaldi | Bruno Garibaldi | Ricciotti Garibaldi Jr. | Menotti Garibaldi Jr. | Sante Garibaldi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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