Monumento ad Andrea Bafile

Andrea Bafile (Monticchio di Bagno, October 7, 1878 – Cortellazzo, March 12, 1918) was an Italian military officer. A highly decorated lieutenant commander of the Royal Navy, he participated in World War I, where he particularly distinguished himself. He was the commander of an armed train, of the torpedo boat Ardea, and after taking part as an observer in the aerial bombardment of the Bay of Kotor alongside Gabriele D'Annunzio (October 4-5, 1917), in the early months of 1918 he assumed temporary command of the San Marco Marine Infantry Regiment. He fell in combat at Cortellazzo (Jesolo) on March 12 of the same year, being posthumously awarded the Gold Medal for Military Valor.