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. ==References==