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Guards - Netherlands Cemeteries list

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    AALTEN (BERKENHOVE) GENERAL CEMETERY
    • Country: Netherlands
    • Locality: Gelderland
    • Location Information: The town of Aalten is situated to the east of Arnhem on the N318 at the junction with the N313. From this road junction follow the N318 in the direction of Varsseveld along the ringweg. Take the sixth turning on the right, called Romienendijk, and the cemetery is on the right.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 17

    1. 2716778 Thomas BREEN, 3 Irish Guards
    2. 2624475 Lance Corporal Horace Edward CLAYTON 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards 29.03.1945
    3. 2719797 Frederick Victor FRANCIS, 3 Irish Guards
    4. 2612088 Guardsman Alexander Harold Thomas FULLER 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards 30.03.1945
    5. 2625114 Guardsman Arthur Albert HORREX 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards 30.03.1945
    6. 295074 Lieutenant Robert Bencraft JOLY Grenadier Guards 31.03.1945
    7. 2624409 Guardsman Denis Arthur PEPPERALL 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards 30.03.1945
    8. 2622686 Guardsman Leslie STYLES 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards 30.03.1945
    9. 2624797 Guardsman Philip Ronald TOMPKINS 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards 30.03.1945
    10. 2625804 Guardsman Welwyn THOMAS 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards 30.03.1945
     
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    ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
    • Country: Netherlands
    • Locality: Gelderland
    • Visiting Information: JULY 2011 NOTE: Work to replace the brick paving at the entrance of Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery commenced on 21st July 2011 and is expected to take 3 weeks to complete. Access will be maintained, either through the front entrance or a temporary entrance situated to the right of the main entrance. Visitors are advised not to leave possessions lying visible in their car as theft is common at the municipal car park in front of the cemetery Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible via the main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on 01628 507200
    • Location Information: The city of Arnhem is in the east of the Netherlands, the village of Oosterbeek is 7kms west of Arnhem. From the A12 motorway DEN HAAG to ARNHEM take exit 25 (Afrit 25) N224 OOSTERBEEK / WOLFHEZE. Follow the signs for OOSTERBEEK. After approx 3.5kms turn right (CWGC Sign) onto the DREYENSEWEG. Continue for approx 2kms and turn left (CWGC sign) onto VAN LIMBURG STIRUMWEG. After approx 1km the cemetery can be found on the left side. The cemetery address is:- Van Limburg Stirumweg 6861 WL Oosterbeek Netherlands GPS Location is:- N 51 59 35 E 05 50 54
    • Historical Information: Following the Normandy landings of June 1944, the Allied advance through northern Europe was extraordinarily rapid and on 11 September 1944, the Second Army entered the Netherlands just south of Eindhoven, the first Allied troops to set foot in the country since its fall in May 1940. Their next aim was to cross the Rhine before the Germans had time to reorganise after their recent setbacks, securing crossings over the rivers and canals that stood in their path at Grave, Nijmegen and Arnhem. 'Operation Market Garden' would involve the United States 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, the Commonwealth 1st Airborne Division and the Polish Parachute Brigade. On 17 September 1944, the 1st Airborne Division began landing west of Arnhem, but German resistance, bad weather and problems with supplies and reinforcements led to heavy losses, and their objectives were not taken. They were forced to form a perimeter at Oosterbeek which they held stubbornly until 25 September, when it was decided to withdraw the remnants of the division across the lower Rhine. Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery contains the graves of most of those killed during the September landings, and many of those killed in later fighting in the area. There are now 1,680 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 245 of the burials are unidentified and two casualties are commemorated by special memorials. There are also 73 Polish, three Dutch and three non-war (former Commission employees) graves in the cemetery.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 1514

    1. ADAMS, HARRY SIDNEY H S GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 4131939 07.10.1944
    2. 2719101 Bernard Roland APPERLEY, 2 Irish Guards: 22/09/1944 Grave Reference 11. B. 9.
    3. 2721989 Bernard ARNOLD, 2 Irish Guards
    4. 2721832 Kenneth John BALL, 3 Irish Guards
    5. 2719254 Harry Edward BENT, 3 Irish Guards
    6. 14664830 Lance-Corporal Basil John BOGGIS, 3 Irish Guards: 02/10/1944
    7. 2718263 Francis Joseph BRODERICK, 3 Irish Guards
    8. 2699454 Guardsman James BURNETT, X Company Scots Guards attd 1 Welsh Guards: 06/12/1944 Grave Reference 11. C. 6.
    9. 2722126 John CARRUTHERS, 3 Irish Guards
    10. 2721182 Charles Joseph CASEY, 2 Irish Guards
    11. CATLING, FREDERICK F LANCE CORPORAL 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 2659028 04.10.1944
    12. 2723337 John Stanley COLE, 2 Irish Guards
    13. 2723341 John CONNOR, 3 Irish Guards
    14. 52592 William Richard De Bacquencourt DES VOEUX, MiD*, Grenadier Gds & CO 156 Bn Para Regt: 20/07/19 Grave Reference 6. C. 10.
    15. 2723804 Frank Arthur DOBSON, 3 Irish Guards
    16. 2718840 John DOYLE, 3 Irish Guards
    17. 2738614 David Francis EMERY, 2 Welsh Guards
    18. 2719596 Marcial FERNANDEZ, 2 Irish Guards
    19. 2724354 John FORRY, 3 Irish Guards
    20. 2722593 Robert Owen FOX, 3 Irish Guards
    21. 2722509 Eric GREEN, 3 Irish Guards
    22. 2723975 Albert GREENHILL, 3 Irish Guards
    23. 2735262 Douglas Ernest Marshall HALL, 1 Welsh Guards
    24. 2719974 William George HALL, 2 Irish Guards
    25. 2723771 David Charles HOLLAND, 2 Irish Guards
    26. 2723560 Wilfred HUGHES, 2 Irish Guards
    27. 2723969 Edward Richard Noel KENNY, 3 Irish Guards
    28. 2720484 William LE BER, 3 Irish Guards
    29. 268994 William Christopher Townsend MacFETRIDGE, 2 Irish Guards
    30. 2720350 Ernest Francis MATHER, 2 Irish Guards
    31. 2723405 Thomas MATHER, 3 Irish Guards
    32. 2722803 Matthew McSORLEY, 3 Irish Guards
    33. 2722057 Sydney John MILLER, 3 Irish Guards
    34. 2719793 George MOORE, 3 Irish Guards
    35. 2720055 Austin Michael MURPHY, 2 Irish Guards
    36. 2721598 Harrold Edwin NEAL, 2 Irish Guards
    37. PARKIN, ERNEST GEOFFREY E G LANCE SERJEANT 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 2657244 07.10.1944
    38. 2717309 Lance-Serjeant John PERRY, 3 Irish Guards: 02/10/1944 Grave Reference 11. A. 4.
    39. 2721321 Victor Clarence George RENDELL, 3 Irish Guards
    40. 2723711 Thomas RICE, 2 Irish Guards
    41. 2738050 Leslie RICHARDSON, 2 Welsh Guards
    42. 2722516 Frank SINGLETON, 3 Irish Guards
    43. 14693730 Mark THISTLETON, 3 Irish Guards
    44. 2721301 Cyril TODD, 3 Irish Guards
    45. 2724368 James Frederick TOWERS, 3 Irish Guards
    46. 2734952 Gilbert Adams TREBILCOCK, 1 Welsh Guards
    47. 2616031 Ronald VARLEY, 3 Irish Guards
    48. WAITT, STANLEY THOMPSON S T GUARDSMAN 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2666592 04.10.1944
    49. 2723656 William John WATTERS, 2 Irish Guards
     
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    BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY
    • Country: Netherlands
    • Locality: Noord-Brabant
    • Visiting Information: Wheelchair access to this site is possible, but may be by an alternative entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on 01628 507200.
    • Location Information: Bergen-op-Zoom is a town in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant, 40 kilometres north-west of Antwerp (Belgium). Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery and Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery are almost next to one another, 3 kilometres east of the town centre, on a road named Ruytershoveweg, which runs parallel with the A58 Bergen-op-Zoom to Roosendaal motorway. The cemeteries can be reached from the motorway by taking the Bergen-op-Zoom exit, which leads on to Rooseveltlaan. At the first crossroads the cemeteries are signposted to the right. There is a further signposted right turn after 1 kilometre, and the cemeteries are 2 kilometres along this road on the left-hand side.
    • Historical Information: Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery contains 1,284 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the Second World War. 116 of the burials are unidentified. Many of the casualties are as a result of the Battle for Walcheren (Operation Infatuate), at the beginning of November 1944. Walcheren was an island that dominated the the entrance to the River Scheldt, which the Germans fortified to prevent the allies gaining access to the vital deep water port at Antwerp. After a hard fought battle, that principally involved units from the 52nd (Lowland) Division, the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade and the 4th Special Service Brigade, the island was secured on the 8th November 1944. There are also seven First World War burials (one airman and six unknown sailors) and 21 war graves of other nationalities.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 1189

    1. ASH, CHARLES JAMES C J GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2621727 27.09.1944
    2. BEAL, FRANK ARTHUR F A GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2617859 27.09.1944
    3. BODFISH, CECIL GEORGE C G GUARDSMAN KING'S COY., 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2624294 27.09.1944
    4. 2724349 Henry BRACEGIRDLE, 3 Irish Guards
    5. 2721896 Christopher Walker GRAYSTON, 3 Irish Guards
    6. GRIDLEY, FREDERICK BUTLER F B GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 14673759 27.09.1944
    7. HOLLAND, PHILIP P SERJEANT 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2614992 26.09.1944
    8. KETTLE, WILLIAM ANTHONY W A LANCE CORPORAL KING'S COY. 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 6464769 27.09.1944
    9. LEWIS, RONALD R GUARDSMAN 3RD BN. Scots Guards 2699340 26.10.1944
    10. RAMSAY, JAMES SURTEES MAULE J S M LIEUTENANT 3RD BN. Scots Guards 285404 26.10.1944
    11. RICHARDSON, ALFRED A GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 1612655 12.10.1944
    12. SHINTON, HARRY H SERJEANT 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2613599 27.09.1944
    13. TOMLINSON, GEORGE ROBERT G R GUARDSMAN - Grenadier Guards 2622615 27.09.1944


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    BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY
    • Country: Netherlands
    • Locality: Limburg
    • Visiting Information: Wheelchair access to site possible, but may be by an alternative entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200.
    • Location Information: The town of Brunssum is in the south east corner of the Netherlands close to the German border, approx 30kms north east of Maastricht. From the A2 motorway Eindhoven to Maastricht take exit 48 (afrit 48) URMOND / GELEEN / STEIN. Follow direction N294 SITTARD for approx 4kms. Turn right onto N276 direction BRUNSSUM and continue for approx 10kms. Turn left onto KENNEDYLAAN direction BRUNSSUM CENTRUM (signposted Oorlogskerkhof) and continue for approx 1.3kms. Turn right at roundabout direction CENTRUM onto MERKELBEEKERSTRAAT and after approx 200m turn left onto HEUFSTRAAT (CWGC sign) The cemetery is approx 100m on the left. The cemetery address is:- Heufstraat 6441 TX Brunssum Netherlands GPS Location is:- N 50 57 05 E 05 58 16
    • Historical Information: Brunssum was liberated in September 1944 by U.S. forces; they were shortly afterwards followed by the British 43rd (Wessex) Division, who made their headquarters in the town, and in turn were succeeded by the 52nd (Lowland) Division. The first burials in the cemetery were made by an Advanced Dressing Station and a Casualty Clearing Station which were situated at Merkelbeek in November 1944 when the 43rd Division were engaged in clearing a triangle between the Rivers Roer and Maas. Later, other casualties were all brought back and buried in the same place; they included fifty men who were killed while clearing mines on the German border at the beginning of January 1945. Operations in the Geilenkirchen sector accounted for a great part of the casualties buried here. There are over 300 1939-1945 burials in this cemetery, they are made up entirely of soldiers of the British Army, of whom 1 remains unidentified.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 327

    1. ASLIN, JOHN ROBERT J R GUARDSMAN 4TH BN. Grenadier Guards 2623393 23.01.1945
    2. BROWN, JOHN J GUARDSMAN 4TH BN. Grenadier Guards 6297229 23.01.1945
    3. DYE, ERNEST ALBERT E A SERJEANT 4TH BN. Grenadier Guards 2618813 23.01.1945
    4. PUGH, WILLIAM W LANCE CORPORAL 4TH BN. Grenadier Guards 2622088 23.01.1945
    5. 200088 Anthony Desmond WINCH, MiD, 4 Grenadier Guards: 24/01/1945 Grave Reference VI. 291.
     
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    EIBERGEN PROTESTANT CEMETERY
    • Country: Netherlands
    • Locality: Gelderland
    • Location Information: Eibergen is a small town about 24 kilometres south-west of Enschede. The cemetery is about 1 kilometre north of the town, on the road to Haaksbergen. The two British graves are to the right of the entrance at the far end of the cemetery, in the north- western part.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 2

    1. 2624967 Guardsman Frank Henry PAGE 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards 31.03.1945
    2. 2622729 LANCE SERJEANT Francis WHITTLE 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards 31.03.1945
     
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    EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY
    • Country: Netherlands
    • Locality: Noord-Brabant
    • Visiting Information: March 2011 NOTE: Major renovation will be taking place in Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, commencing at the end of April 2011. All the headstones in Plot KK and RR will be replaced and the grass and border plants removed. Resowing and replanting will take place in Autumn 2011. Wheelchair access possible via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number: 01628 507200
    • Location Information: The city of Eindhoven lies in the south of the Netherlands approx 40kms to the south of s'Hertogenbosch. From the A2 s'Hertogenbosch to Eindhoven motorway merge and follow the signs for A58 CENTRUM / WOENSEL / HELMOND / TONGELRE and continue for approx 3.5kms. Turn right and follow direction A58 HELMOND and continue for approx 4kms. The road is now called JOHN F KENNEDYLAAN. Exit right (CWGC sign) at Europalaan / Orpheuslaan slip road. Turn right onto Europalaan (CWGC sign). After approx 200m turn left (CWGC sign) onto BAFFINLAAN. The cemetery can be found after approx 200m on the right within the local cemetery ‘BEGRAAFPLAATS WOENSEL’. The cemetery address is:- Begraafplaats Woensel Baffinlaan 1 5623 PK Eindhoven Netherlands GPS Location is:- N 51 27 32 E 05 28 94
    • Historical Information: Almost four-fifths of the men buried here belonged to the air forces, and lost their lives in raids over this part of Holland or in returning from Germany, between 1941 and 1944. Men of the land forces who are buried here died between September 1944 and May 1945. The 79th and 86th British General Hospitals were located at Eindhoven during almost all that period. There are now nearly 700, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 679

    1. 14673282 Raymond HOLMES, 3 Irish Guards
    2. 1652944 Guardsman William George RUDGE 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards 07.10.1944
    3. 2735564 Frederick William WHITE, Welsh Guards
     
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    ENSCHEDE EASTERN GENERAL CEMETERY
    • Country: Netherlands
    • Locality: Overijssel
    • Visiting Information: Please note that this cemetery closes at 16.00.
    • Location Information: Enchede is a large town in the Province of Overijssel, in the north-eastern part of the Netherlands, close to the German border. The cemetery is located in Noord Esmarkerrondweg opposite Lipperkerkstraat, on the eastern side of the town. The entrance is opposite a tyre replacement firm. The Second World War Commonwealth Plot is in the north-western part of the cemetery. The First World War Commonwealth Plot will be found by turning right past the building and following the first gravel path to Plot 12.
    • Historical Information: Enschede Eastern General Cemetery contains 11 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. Second World War burials number 50, about half of them airmen, the rest members of the Commonwealth land forces, killed in the final stages of the war in Holland.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 59

    1. 2724774 Guardsman Maurice Brian ALBON, 3 Irish Guards: 02/04/1945 Grave Reference Grave 205A
    2. 2722582 Albert BERRY, 2 Irish Guards
    3. BRADBURY, HORACE THOMAS H T GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 2665175 01.04.1945
    4. CALLAGHAN, HUGH H GUARDSMAN - Scots Guards 2702953 02.04.1945
    5. CAULFIELD, ROLAND R SERJEANT 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 2657240 01.04.1945
    6. HANSON, LESLIE L GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 4690279 01.04.1945
    7. 2720971 James Patrick HARRIGAN, 3 Irish Guards
    8. 13111455 Robert Oliver SMITH (served as Robert Oliver CASSIN), 3 Irish Guards
    9. WILSON, RICHARD JOHN R J LANCE CORPORAL 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 2664894 01.04.1945
    10. WRIGHT, FRANK JAMES F J GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 2664979 01.04.1945
     
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    GROENLO ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
    • Country: Netherlands
    • Locality: Gelderland
    • Location Information: Groenlo is a village lying about 65 kilometres east-north-east of Arnhem and 35 kilometres south-east of Zutphen, on the road to Winterswijk. The cemetery is on the southern outskirts of Groenlo. It lies about 455 metres from the centre of the village on the western side of the road to Lievelde. The war graves are in the north-eastern part except one which is near the north-western boundary.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 6

    1. 2623627 Guardsman Kenneth John BALDWIN 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards 04.04.1945
    2. 186888 Lieutenant Charles John BRUCE 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards 06.04.1945
    3. 2722018 Dennis Alfred STIMPSON, 2 Irish Guards
    4. 2734683 David John WATERMAN, 2 Welsh Guards
     
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    GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

    • Country: Netherlands
    • Locality: Gelderland
    • Visiting Information: Visitors are advised not to leave possessions lying visible in their car as theft is common at the municipal car park in front of the cemetery. Wheelchair access to cemetery possible via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on 01628 507200.
    • Location Information: The village of Groesbeek is in the east of the Netherlands and approx 10kms south east of the city of Nijmegen. From the A73 motorway NIJMEGEN to VENLO take exit 3 (Afrit 3) MALDEN / GROESBEEK / MOOK / HEUMEN / OVERASSELT. Follow signs for N271 MOOK. Continue through the village of MOLENHOEK and in the village of MOOK turn left at the roundabout (CWGC sign for MOOK WAR CEMETERY) onto the GROESBEEKSEWEG. Continue for approx 4.5kms and then turn left at the roundabout onto the PANNENSTRAAT. Continue through the town where the road name changes to DORPSTRAAT. Turn left onto BURGEMEESTER OTTENHOFFSTRAAT (CWGC Sign). After approx 100m turn right (CWGC sign) onto ZEVENHEUVELENWEG. The cemetery is approx 2kms along this road on the right. The cemetery address is:- Zevenheuvelenweg 38 6561 Groesbeek Netherlands GPS Location is:- N 51 47 52 E 05 55 51
    • Historical Information: Allied forces entered the Netherlands on 12 September 1944. Airborne operations later that month established a bridgehead at Nijmegen and in the following months, coastal areas and ports were cleared and secured, but it was not until the German initiated offensive in the Ardennes had been repulsed that the drive into Germany could begin. Most of those buried in GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY were Canadians, many of whom died in the Battle of the Rhineland, when the 2nd and 3rd Canadian Infantry Divisions and the 4th Canadian Armoured Division took part in the drive southwards from Nijmegen to clear the territory between the Maas and the Rhine in February and March 1945. Others buried here died earlier or later in the southern part of the Netherlands and in the Rhineland. The cemetery contains 2,610 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, and nine war graves of other nationalities. Within the cemetery stands the GROESBEEK MEMORIAL, which commemorates by name more than 1,000 members of the Commonwealth land forces who died during the campaign in north-west Europe between the time of crossing the Seine at the end of August 1944 and the end of the war in Europe, and whose graves are not know.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 2599

    1. BROWN, LEONARD WILLIAM MONS L W M SERJEANT - Grenadier Guards 2614424 20.09.1944
    2. BUCKERFIELD, PERCY P GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2618871 27.09.1944
    3. CRAVEN, RONALD AUGUSTUS R A GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2624120 27.09.1944
    4. ELMS, WILFRED LIONEL W L GUARDSMAN 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2658465 25.09.1944
    5. EVANS, FRANK F GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Scots Guards 2702108 21.03.1945
    6. GOUGH, THOMAS T LANCE CORPORAL 5TH BN Coldstream Guards 2660375 25.09.1944
    7. MEINERTZHAGEN, DANIEL D LIEUTENANT ATTD. Coldstream Guards 300840 02.10.1944
    8. SHORT, STANLEY JOHN S J GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2624626 27.09.1944
    9. TALBOT, ROBERT EDWARD R E SECOND LIEUTENANT 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 320962 27.09.1944
    10. WARD, ROBERT R LANCE CORPORAL 5TH BN Coldstream Guards 2658027 08.10.1944
     
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    GROESBEEK MEMORIAL
    • Country: Netherlands
    • Locality: Gelderland
    • Visiting Information: The Groesbeek Memorial stands within Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery. Visitors are advised not to leave possessions lying visible in their car as theft is common at the municipal car park in front of the cemetery Wheelchair access to cemetery possible via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200.
    • Location Information: The village of Groesbeek is in the east of the Netherlands and approx 10kms south east of the city of Nijmegen. From the A73 motorway NIJMEGEN to VENLO take exit 3 (Afrit 3) MALDEN / GROESBEEK / MOOK / HEUMEN / OVERASSELT. Follow signs for N271 MOOK. Continue through the village of MOLENHOEK and in the village of MOOK turn left at the roundabout (CWGC sign for MOOK WAR CEMETERY) onto the GROESBEEKSEWEG. Continue for approx 4.5kms and then turn left at the roundabout onto the PANNENSTRAAT. Continue through the town where the road name changes to DORPSTRAAT. Turn left onto BURGEMEESTER OTTENHOFFSTRAAT (CWGC Sign). After approx 100m turn right (CWGC sign) onto ZEVENHEUVELENWEG. The cemetery is approx 2kms along this road on the right. The cemetery address is:- Zevenheuvelenweg 38 6561 Groesbeek Netherlands GPS Location is:- N 51 47 52 E 05 55 51
    • Historical Information: Allied forces entered the Netherlands on 12 September 1944. Airborne operations later that month established a bridgehead at Nijmegen and in the following months, coastal areas and ports were cleared and secured, but it was not until the German initiated offensive in the Ardennes had been repulsed that the drive into Germany could begin. Most of those buried in GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY were Canadians, many of whom died in the Battle of the Rhineland, when the 2nd and 3rd Canadian Infantry Divisions and the 4th Canadian Armoured Division took part in the drive southwards from Nijmegen to clear the territory between the Maas and the Rhine in February and March 1945. Others buried here died earlier or later in the southern part of the Netherlands and in the Rhineland. The cemetery contains 2,610 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, and nine war graves of other nationalities. Within the cemetery stands the GROESBEEK MEMORIAL, which commemorates by name more than 1,000 members of the Commonwealth land forces who died during the campaign in north-west Europe between the time of crossing the Seine at the end of August 1944 and the end of the war in Europe, and whose graves are not known.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 1030

    1. 2723282 Cyril BOSTON, 2 Irish Guards
    2. 2736856 Winston Owen Charles BUSH, 2 Welsh Guards
    3. CAMPBELL, ROBERT CALDERWOOD R C LANCE CORPORAL ATTD. 1ST BN. Scots Guards 2700811 07.09.1944
    4. CARRICK, ROBERT R GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 2661236 26.02.1945
    5. 2720079 Edward CASHON, 2 Irish Guards
    6. 2719127 Thomas George CLARKE, 2 Irish Guards
    7. COTTON, KENNETH K GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 2665586 08.09.1944
    8. 2722792 Thomas John DEEHAN, 2 Irish Guards
    9. ELWAY, WILLIAM FREDERICK W F GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2616544 28.04.1945
    10. 2718741 Michael FANNING, 2 Irish Guards
    11. FLETCHER, DAVID HERBERT D H SECOND LIEUTENANT 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 320921 16.11.1944
    12. 2719622 Andrew Francis FRAIN, 3 Irish Guards
    13. 2737290 Thomas Henry GLOVER, 1 Welsh Guards
    14. GRIMSDELL, ARTHUR GEORGE A G GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 4802756 25.09.1944
    15. 2720683 Cyril HENDERSON, 3 Irish Guards
    16. HEY, BENJAMIN B GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 2662961 26.02.1945
    17. LOCK, FRANK F GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 2665134 01.05.1945
    18. 14678822 William Alexander MAXWELL, 3 Irish Guards
    19. 2718054 Thomas James McGOVERN, 2 Irish Guards
    20. 2721140 Lance-Corporal Donald NAY, 2 Armoured Irish Guards: 17/09/1944 Memorial Reference Panel 3
    21. OVERTON, ALFRED DOUGLAS A D GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2623169 25.09.1944
    22. PASH, GEORGE HENRY ALBERT G H A GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2623950 20.09.1944
    23. 2736150 George Frank REDMAN, 1 Welsh Guards
    24. 2723635 Robert ROBINSON, 2 Irish Guards
    25. SOMERSET, STANLEY S GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 2666893 01.05.1945
    26. 2736073 Cyril THOMAS, 1 Welsh Guards
    27. 2723252 Thomas James THOMAS, 2 Irish Guards
    28. 2723262 Guardsman John Charles THORNLEY, 3 Irish Guards: 01/10/1944 Memorial Reference Panel 3
    29. 2738154 Fred TRAINER, 2 Welsh Guards
    30. 2734562 Albert Henry VEASEY, 1 Welsh Guards
    31. 2722995 Edward Armistice WALKER, 2 Irish Guards
    32. 2721799 Richard WATERHOUSE, 2 Irish Guards
    33. 2720300 Ernest Calvert WILDMAN, 2 Irish Guards
    34. 2723582 James WOOD, 2 Irish Guards
    35. 2723212 William YOUNG, 2 Irish Guards
     
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    HAAKSBERGEN GENERAL CEMETERY
    • Country: Netherlands
    • Locality: Overijssel
    • Location Information: Haaksbergen is a small town about 15 kilometres south-west of Enschede, close to the German border. The cemetery is 300 metres from the centre of Haaksbergen, on the north western side of the road to Enschede near its junction with the road to Hengelo and Zutphen. It is divided into Catholic and Protestant sections, and the British plot is in the Protestant section, against the boundary hedge which separates the two.
    • Historical Information: This cemetery has 20 burials of the second world war.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 20

    1. 2734598 Edward GEORGE, 2 Welsh Guards
     
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    HEESCH ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
    • Country: Netherlands
    • Locality: Noord-Brabant
    • Location Information: Heesch is a small village about 7 kilometres south of Oss, 16 kilometres north-east of 'S-Hertogenbosch, and 31 kilometres west of Nijmegen. The cemetery is in the centre of the village, on the main street behind the church. The 26 war graves are in the north-east (7), south-west (1), and south-east (18) parts of the cemetery.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 26

    1. 2614197 Serjeant George Frederick CLAY 2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards 27.09.1944
    2. COKAYNE, FRANCIS JOSEPH 2623697 Guardsman Francis Joseph COKAYNE 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards 26.09.1944
     
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    HELMOND PROTESTANT CEMETERY
    • Country: Netherlands
    • Locality: Noord-Brabant
    • Location Information: Helmond is a town 26 kilometres east of Eindhoven. The Protestant Cemetery adjoins, but is separated from, the Roman Catholic Cemetery, on the eastern outskirts of the town. It is north of the road to Venlo. The 3 British graves are on the north-east side of the cemetery.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 3

    1. 14259595 GUARDSMAN Stanley FRENCH 3rd Bn. Scots Guards 19.11.1944 Casualty
    2. 2698188 Lance Serjeant Alexander MALCOLM 3rd Bn. Scots Guards 14.12.1944 Casualty
     
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    HOOK OF HOLLAND GENERAL CEMETERY
    • Country: Netherlands
    • Locality: Zuid-Holland
    • Visiting Information: Cemetery opening hours are: Monday to Saturday 0800 to 1600 Sunday and Holiday’s 1000 to 1600
    • Location Information: Cemetery Address: Kerkhofweg 6 3151TN Hoek van Holland GPS Location: N 51° 58’ 059” E 04° 07’ 025” The Hook of Holland is situated to the south-west of Den Haag on the coast. From Rotterdam follow the A20 direction HOEK van HOLLAND till the end and then follow the N220 (this is the MAASDIJK) direction HOEK van HOLLAND to its end. Turn left and follow signs for CENTRUM (this is the DIRK van den BURGWEG) after approx 5km turn left onto KERKHOFWEG (signposted ALGEMENE BEGRAAFPLAATS) the cemetery is along here on the right hand side. The Commonwealth War Graves plot is to the right of the entrance.
    • Historical Information: Few Commonwealth troops were in the Netherlands during the 1940 invasion by the Germans, but a small force composed of Royal Marines and Irish and Welsh Guards landed at The Hook of Holland on May 12 and 13, to assist in safeguarding the Dutch Government. It was from this port that, on May 13, Queen Wilhelmina left for England on board a British destroyer. Heavy air raids on the small area defended by our forces caused many casualties, and speedily rendered the position untenable without considerable reinforcements. These could not be spared, and on May 14, the force was evacuated and returned to Dover. A portion of the Hook of Holland General Cemetery was set aside by the local authorities for the graves of soldiers killed in action and the first Commonwealth burials were of soldiers killed in the air raids of 13 May 1940. Two airmen shot down on 12 May 1940, and originally buried near their crashed plane, were moved into the cemetery a fortnight later. Thereafter during the war, casualties washed ashore on the neighbouring beaches, and airmen brought down in the neighbourhood were buried in this cemetery. There were American, Canadian and French servicemen among them, but these have since been moved to other cemeteries. The cemetery now contains a plot of 69 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, nine of them unidentified. There are also five Polish war graves.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 68

    1. 2717655 Guardsman Thomas BOLGER, 2 Irish Guards: 14/05/1940 Grave Reference: Row F. Coll. grave 58-60.
    2. 2717202 Guardsman James Thomas BURKE, 2 Irish Guards: 13/05/1940 Grave Reference Row F. Coll. grave 58-60
    3. 2717392 Lance-Corporal Patrick CARROLL, 2 Irish Guards: 13/05/1940 Grave Reference Row F. Coll. grave 58-60.
    4. 2733663 Guardsman Arthur William CORNELIUS, 2 Welsh Guards: 13/05/1940 Grave Reference Row F. Coll. grave 58-60
    5. 6654626 James William HAYES, 2 Irish Guards
    6. 2733122 Guardsman Reginald Alfred William MEECHAM, 2 Welsh Guards: 13/05/1940 Grave Reference Row F. Coll. grave 58-60
    7. 2719871 Guardsman Thomas MURPHY, 2 Irish Guards: 14/05/1940 Grave Reference Row F. Coll. grave 58-60
    8. 2717456 Lance-Serjeant Leonard Richard PARKER, 2 Irish Guards: 13/05/1940 Grave Reference Row F. Coll. grave 58-60
    9. 2717586 Guardsman Thomas POWER, 2 Irish Guards: 13/05/1940 Grave Reference Row F. Coll. grave 58-60
    10. 2716746 John Reginald STEWART, 2 Irish Guards
     
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    JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
    • Country: Netherlands
    • Locality: Gelderland
    • Visiting Information: Wheelchair access possible via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on 01628 507200.
    • Location Information: The city of Nijmegen lies to the south of Arnhem in the east of the Netherlands. From the A50 motorway ARNHEM to NIJMEGEN follow the signs for A73 KÖLN / NIJMEGEN / VENLO. Follow the signs for NIJMEGEN CENTRUM. Continue along NEERBOSSCHEWEG following the signs for MALDEN / MOOK for approx 2.5kms. Turn left (CWGC sign) following the signs for DE GOFFERT, onto BURGEMEESTER DALESLAAN. The cemetery is approx 200m on the right The cemetery address is:- Burgemeester Daleslaan 35 6532 Nijmegen Netherlands GPS Location is:- N 51 49 21 E 05 49 50
    • Historical Information: The Netherlands fell to the Germans in May 1940 and was not re-entered by Allied forces until September 1944. Nijmegen was a front line town from 17 September 1944 until February 1945. The cemetery, which was created by No. 3 Casualty Clearing station, is in a wooded area known as Jonkers Bosch, from which it took its name. Jonkerbos War Cemetery contains 1,629 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 99 of them unidentified, and 13 war graves of other nationalities.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 1543

    1. 14679834 Robert William Paterson ABEL, 1 Welsh Guards
    2. 2697637 Alexander ALLARDYCE, 3 Scots Guards
    3. ALVEY, JOSEPH KIRBY J K GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2625809 31.03.1945
    4. BARBER, ERIC CHARLES E C GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2622434 10.10.1944
    5. BARTLAM, JOHN THOMAS J T GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2616328 06.04.1945
    6. 2734301 Fred BEYNON, 1 Welsh Guards
    7. 2698632 Frank BRAZIER, 3 Scots Guards
    8. BREWER, HENRY CHARLES H C LANCE CORPORAL 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2619566 20.09.1944
    9. 14584351 Ronald BRUTON, 1 Welsh Guards
    10. BUCKLEY, STANLEY S GUARDSMAN 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2666373 20.09.1944
    11. CAMPBELL, COLIN C LIEUTENANT 3RD BN. Scots Guards 311832 17.02.1945
    12. COLE, THOMAS CHARLES T C GUARDSMAN 2ND Grenadier Guards 2612948 20.09.1944
    13. CROWN, GORDON FREDERICK G F GUARDSMAN 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 14655719 25.09.1944
    14. 2724254 William DOWNEY, 3 Irish Guards
    15. 14441956 William James DOYLE, 3 Irish Guards
    16. DRAYCOTT, WILLIAM FREDERICK ROY W F R LANCE SERJEANT 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2619077 20.09.1944
    17. 2716800 Patrick DULLARD, 3 Irish Guards
    18. 2718093 Michael DUNNE, MiD*, 1 Irish Guards & 3 Irish Guards
    19. ELLIS, CECIL HENRY C H GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2623773 19.09.1944
    20. 2735937 Eric David Arnold FLETCHER, 1 Welsh Guards
    21. FLETCHER, GEORGE HENRY G H GUARDSMAN 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2658332 05.10.1944
    22. FOSTER, EDWARD HENRY JOHN E H J GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 2665069 31.03.1945
    23. 2723527 James Alfred GALE, 3 Irish Guards
    24. GIBBS, THE HON. VICARY PAUL V P CAPTAIN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 92816 20.09.1944
    25. 14679953 Leslie John GILHAM, 3 Irish Guards
    26. GREENALL, PETER MICHAEL BENSON P M B LIEUTENANT 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 307862 21.09.1944
    27. HALLIWELL, SAMUEL DOUGLAS S D LANCE CORPORAL - Scots Guards 2697822 08.02.1945
    28. HAMBLIN, GERALD ARTHUR G A GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2623768 20.09.1944
    29. 14335554 John Andrew HARVEY, 1 Welsh Guards
    30. 983333 Lance-Corporal Harry HODGSON, Scots Guards: 04/10/1944
    31. 2737965 Garfield HOPKINS, 2 Welsh Guards
    32. 2739000 Donald Sidney HUNTER, 1 Welsh Guards
    33. 2738136 Morgan Douglas JONES, 2 Welsh Guards
    34. KENNEDY, JOHN J GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2612803 28.09.1944
    35. 2722363 Fred KENT, 3 Irish Guards
    36. 2739233 Leslie Leonard KIRBY, 1 Welsh Guards
    37. LISTER, RICHARD WILLIAM R W LANCE CORPORAL 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2660840 24.09.1944
    38. 2697868 Guardsman William MacMASTER, 1 Scots Guards: 04/10/1944
    39. MANDER, ARTHUR ALFRED A A GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2625014 03.04.1945
    40. 2722006 Charles Henry John MARLER, 3 Irish Guards
    41. MCKONE, ERNEST ALBERT E A GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 2661504 06.10.1944
    42. 2719049 Patrick John MEDLEY, 3 Irish Guards
    43. METCALFE, JOHN HOWARD J H GUARDSMAN 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2667091 27.03.1945
    44. MOLLER, JOHN ALAN J A LIEUTENANT 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 224217 19.09.1944
    45. 2719369 William John MULLEN, 2 Irish Guards
    46. NEWSOME, JACK J GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2623455 19.09.1944
    47. 2720233 Thomas C O’NEILL, 2 Irish Guards
    48. 2722863 Richard Michael OWTRAM, 3 Irish Guards
    49. 14677526 Peter PEMBERTON, 3 Irish Guards
    50. 2722319 Joseph POTTER, 3 Irish Guards
    51. PROUDFOOT, ALASTAIR A GUARDSMAN - Scots Guards 2697406 08.02.1945
    52. RICHARDSON, GEORGE ARTHUR G A GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2619239 20.09.1944
    53. 2720320 William ROURKE, 3 Irish Guards
    54. RUSSELL, HENRY HALLIDAY H H GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2624006 20.09.1944
    55. 2720546 Thomas SAMPEY, 3 Irish Guards
    56. 228328 Patrick Geoffrey Edward SARSFIELD-HALL, 3 Irish Guards
    57. SELL, LESLIE L GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 2665651 30.09.1944
    58. SHAW, ALBERT A GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2622174 21.09.1944
    59. SLOB, ADRIAAN A LIEUTENANT 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 306838 23.02.1945
    60. SMITH, CHARLES ARTHUR C A GUARDSMAN - Scots Guards 14705656 23.09.1944
    61. 2724018 Stanley Eric Thomas SMITH, 3 Irish Guards
    62. STEELE, WILFRED LESLIE HERBERT W L H GUARDSMAN 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2664516 05.10.1944
    63. STROUD, VICTOR JOHN V J LANCE CORPORAL 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2661936 29.10.1944
    64. TIMSON, BERNARD ERIC B E GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2624357 03.04.1945
    65. WAKEFORD, ROBERT JAMES R J SERJEANT 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2614661 20.09.1944
    66. WALKER, DERRICK RICHARD ALBERT D R A GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2623690 28.09.1944
    67. WALTON, JOHN J GUARDSMAN 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2663252 20.09.1944
    68. WARDROPE, ANDREW MCNAUGHTON A M GUARDSMAN - Scots Guards 2699629 11.02.1945
    69. 2720212 Alfred John WATTS, 3 Irish Guards
    70. WEEMS, ERIC E LANCE SERJEANT 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2615738 03.04.1945
    71. WILSON, BRUCE B LANCE CORPORAL 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 2660554 30.09.1944
     
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    KAMPERLAND GENERAL CEMETERY
    • Country: Netherlands
    • Locality: Zeeland
    • Location Information: Kamperland is a village in the commune of Wissenkerke which is in the western half of the Island of Noord Beveland. It is 8 kilometres west of Kortgene and 18 kilometres north-west of Goes. The cemetery is 180 metres west of the main village street.
    • Historical Information: There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1914-1918 war and 4 of the 1939-1945 war here.
    No. of Identified Casualties: 5

    1. 2621526 Corporal John MAYBURY Grenadier Guards and No. 4 Commando 18.01.1945
     
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    MAARHEEZE (STERKSEL MONASTERY) CEMETERY
    • Country: Netherlands
    • Locality: Noord-Brabant
    • Visiting Information: Parking is available for most visitors able to walk from the Monastery to the cemetery itself. For disabled visitors access to the cemetery entrance by car is possible by driving through the Hospital site. Wheelchair access to the cemetery is possible via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200.
    • Location Information: The small village of Sterksel lies in the south of the Netherlands approx 17kms south east of Eindhoven From the A67 Eindhoven to Venlo motorway take exit 34 (Afrit 34) GELDROP / HEEZE and follow the signs for HEEZE. Continue for approx 3.7kms (passing through the village of Heeze), turn left at the roundabout and follow direction SOMEREN. Continue for approx 700m and turn right direction STERKSEL onto the STERKSELSEWEG. Continue for approx 2.5kms, during which the road name changes to HEEZERWEG, and turn left (CWGC sign) onto ALBERTLAAN. Continue for approx 1.5kms and turn right (CWGC sign) into the car park area of the Kempenhaeghe / Providentia Residential Hospital. The cemetery can be found, in a wooded location, at the rear of the monastery along the path from the tennis court. The cemetery address is:- Albertlaan/Ten Bakeweg 6029 Sterksel Netherlands GPS Location is:- N 51 21 43 E 05 37 33
    • Historical Information: The cemetery is within the grounds of the Monastery, which was used as a hospital by the British Army from September 18th, 1944, for about a year.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 42

    1. 2723077 John Patrick LALLY, 3 Irish Guards
    2. 2697672 Guardsman Roy Charles PETTY 2nd Bn. Scots Guards 26.11.1944
     
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    MIERLO WAR CEMETERY
    • Country: Netherlands
    • Locality: Noord-Brabant
    • Visiting Information: Wheelchair access to cemetery possible via the main entrance.
    • Location Information: The village of Mierlo lies in the south of the Netherlands approx 12kms to the east of Eindhoven. From the A67 Eindhoven to Venlo motorway take exit 34 (Afrit 34) GELDROP / HEEZE and follow the signs for GELDROP. Continue for approx 1.3kms along BOGARDEIND and turn right, direction MIERLO onto LAAN DER VIER HEEMSKINDEREN and continue for approx 500m. Turn left at the roundabout and continue for approx 900m. The road name changes from DOMMELDALSEWEG to JOHAN PEIJNENBURGWEG. Turn right onto MIERLOSEWEG and continue in the direction of MIERLO for approx 2.3kms. The road name changes to GELDROPSEWEG. The cemetery is signposted and can be found on the left. The cemetery address is:- Geldropseweg 68 5731 Mierlo Netherlands GPS Location is:- N 51 26 09 E 05 35 49
    • Historical Information: The cemetery was started in the spring of 1945 when graves were brought in from the surrounding district, most of them being casualties of September-November 1944. At that time the main fighting was concerned with clearing the region south and west of the Maas and with opening up the Scheldt estuary further west. Helmond itself was occupied on 25 September, 1944. Mierlo War Cemetery now contains 664 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, seven of them unidentified, and one Dutch war grave.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 659

    1. 2616861 Serjeant Dennis John Charles ASTON 4th Bn. Grenadier Guards 13.10.1944
    2. 2617890 Serjeant Charles Arthur AYSCOUGH, 4 Grenadier Guards: 06/11/1944
    3. 2665454 Guardsman Anthony Frederick BULL 4th Bn. Coldstream Guards 23.10.1944
    4. 2615676 Guardsman Dan CARLAN 4th Bn. Grenadier Guards 05.11.1944
    5. 2617543 Guardsman Albert GREENWOOD 4th Bn. Grenadier Guards 03.11.1944
    6. 2737920 John Gwynfor JEFFREYS, 1 Welsh Guards
    7. 2665200 Guardsman Donald Mackenzie MAJURY 4th Bn. Coldstream Guards 18.10.1944
    8. 2665325 Guardsman William Stanley NEILL 4th Bn. Coldstream Guards 31.10.1944
    9. 2659440 Lance Serjeant Alber W K PEARS 4th Bn. Coldstream Guards 31.10.1944
    10. 2623174 Guardsman Thomas William SPEED 4th Bn. Grenadier Guards 05.11.1944
    11. 848953 Serjeant Kenneth George Edward WHITE 4th Bn. Grenadier Guards 03.11.1944
     
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    MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
    • Country: Netherlands
    • Locality: Limburg
    • Visiting Information: Wheelchair access possible via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on 01628 507200.
    • Location Information: The village of Milsbeek is in the east of the Netherlands, and approx 15kms south east of the city of Nijmegen. From the A73 motorway NIJMEGEN to VENLO take exit 3 (Afrit 3) MALDEN / GROESBEEK / MOOK / HEUMEN / OVERASSELT. Follow signs for N271 MOOK. Continue through the villages of MOLENHOEK / MOOK and PLASMOLEN following the signs for VENLO / GENNEP. On entering the village of Milsbeek turn left (CWGC sign) onto ZWARTEWEG. After approx 400m turn left (CWGC sign) onto PASTOOR HOEFNAGELSTRAAT. At the end turn right onto KERKSTRAAT. The cemetery lies directly behind the church and is at the rear of the civilian cemetery. The cemetery address is:- Kerkstraat 6596 Milsbeek Netherlands GPS Location is:- N 51 43 32 E 05 57 05
    • Historical Information: The Netherlands fell to the Germans in May 1940 and was not re-entered by Allied forces until September 1944. With a few exeptions, burials at Milsbeek War Cemetery date from February and March 1945, the days of the advance into Germany. They include men from the 51st (Highland) Division, the 52nd (Lowland) Division, and the 3rd Battalion Irish Guards. The cemetery contains 210 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
    • No. of Identified Casualties: 210

    1. 2724407 Leslie Leonard ALLBUTT, 3 Irish Guards
    2. 2721176 John ASHTON, 3 Irish Guards
    3. 2722895 Edward ASHWORTH, 3 Irish Guards
    4. 2722072 Gerald BARRY, 3 Irish Guards
    5. 2721083 Michael Patrick BOLAND, 3 Irish Guards
    6. 2721313 Thomas BOSWELL, 3 Irish Guards
    7. 14692029 Arthur Thomas BROWN, 3 Irish Guards
    8. 102718 Major Guy Edward FISHER-ROWE, 2 Irish Guards & 3 Irish Guards: 21/02/1945 Grave Reference I. D. 5.
    9. 2719918 Arthur James FOLLIS, 3 Irish Guards
    10. 2724458 Gilbert George GILES, 3 Irish Guards
    11. 2717800 George GILMORE, 3 Irish Guards
    12. HORN, RONALD R GUARDSMAN 4TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2665719 05.03.1945
    13. HOWELL, RICHMOND BRYAN R B GUARDSMAN 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2666249 16.02.1945
    14. 2724279 Eric Ronald HUBBARD, 3 Irish Guards
    15. 2724336 John Arthur IFOULD, 3 Irish Guards
    16. 2717050 Lance-Corporal James KANE, 3 Irish Guards: 21/02/1945 Grave Reference I. E. 15
    17. 2722891 William Alfred KEATINGE, 3 Irish Guards
    18. 14581944 Albert Leonard KEEN, 3 Irish Guards
    19. 2719839 Clifford KELLY, 3 Irish Guards
    20. 94576 Darby Michael KENNEDY, MC, 1 Irish Guards & 3 Irish Guards
    21. 2723768 Redmond LAYDE, 3 Irish Guards
    22. 2717698 John Joseph LYONS, 1 Irish Guards & 3 Irish Guards
    23. 2723538 James Alfred MURRAY, 3 Irish Guards
    24. 2722988 Gordon MYERS, 3 Irish Guards
    25. 2723438 John Michael ORMOND, 3 Irish Guards
    26. PALMER, HORACE ANDREW H A GUARDSMAN 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 5104312 14.02.1945
    27. 14680268 Ernest Walter PAVEY, 3 Irish Guards
    28. 2724283 John PENFOLD, 3 Irish Guards
    29. 2720550 Thomas PENNINGTON, 3 Irish Guards
    30. 2724202 Walter Edward POOK, 3 Irish Guards
    31. 2722871 Stanley John SMITH, 3 Irish Guards
    32. STEBBINGS, HERBERT WILLIAM H W GUARDSMAN 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2662018 16.02.1945
    33. 2738976 Michael James STENSON, 1 Welsh Guards
    34. 14665889 Thomas Henry STEPHENSON, 3 Irish Guards
    35. 2724288 Stanley James TORR, 3 Irish Guards
    36. 2719613 Thomas UNSWORTH, 3 Irish Guards
    37. 14669019 Thomas VENN, 3 Irish Guards
    38. 2737884 Arthur John Leonard WEBBON, 1 Welsh Guards
    39. 2722121 Henry WHITE, 3 Irish Guards
    40. 2722238 Jack WILLSHAW, 3 Irish Guards
     
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