Umberto Somma

Italian Senate

captain and receiving a Bronze Medal of Military Valor.^[5][6][7]

First World War in the 127th Mobile Infantry Regiment, being seriously wounded in May 1917, while leading an assault on Mount Kuk (for which he was awarded a Silver Medal of Military Valor) during the Tenth Battle of the Isonzo, and later again in November 1917 during the battle of Ragogna (during the retreat that followed the battle of Caporetto), which left him blind in his left eye and with walking problems.^[8][9][10] He was then hospitalized in Udine and later transferred westwards to avoid capture.^[11] After two months, having been promoted to lieutenant colonel for war merits, he returned to service as command of a machine gun unit in Brescia, where he remained until the end of the war.^{[12][13][14][15]} He was then promoted to colonel and made commander of the Central Infantry School and later, from 16 December 1919, of the 82nd Infantry Regiment, until 1924, when he assumed command of the 83rd Infantry Regiment "Venezia".^{[16][17][18][19][20]}

Second World War.^{[31][32][33][34]}

Italian Africa Affairs.^[35][36][37] On 18 January 1945 the High Court for Sanctions against Fascism stripped him of his Senatorial rank, but this was appealed and annulled in 1948.^[38] He died in 1955.^[39][40][41]