World War II memorials and cemeteries in the Netherlands
List of World War II memorials and cemeteries in the Netherlands
Dutch war graves
In the Netherlands, about 9,000 war graves are located.[1]
- Field of Honour Loenen (Loenen) - 4,000 soldiers and civilians
- Military War Cemetery Grebbeberg (Rhenen) - 800 soldiers
- Mierlo War Cemetery (Mierlo) - 1 soldier
- Dutch Honorary Cemetery Bloemendaal (Bloemendaal) - 373 people of the resistance
- Rusthof Leusden (Amersfoort) - 150 victims of Kamp Amersfoort
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Field of Honour Loenen
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Field of Honour Grebbeberg
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Rusthof Amersfoort
Australian, British and Canadian war graves
- Arnhem Oosterbeek Airborne War Cemetery - 1.678 soldiers
- Beilen General Cemetery - 7 soldier (of whom one is French)
- Bergen op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery - 1118 soldiers (of whom 971 are Canadian)
- Brunssum War Cemetery - 328
- Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery - 700 soldiers
- Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery - 2.610 soldiers (of whom 2.339 are Canadian)
- Holten Canadian War Cemetery - 1.393 soldiers (of whom 1.355 are Canadian)
- Mierlo War Cemetery - 665 soldiers (of whom one is Dutch)
- Milsbeek War Cemetery - 210 soldiers
- Mook War Cemetery - 322 soldiers
- Nederweert War Cemetery - 363 soldiers
- Nijmegen Jonkerbos War Cemetery - 1.629 soldiers
- Overloon War Cemetery - 279 soldiers
- Rusthof Leusden - 234 soldiers
- Sint Oedenrode -
- Sittard War Cemetery - 239 soldiers
- Swartbroek Churchyard - 52 soldiers (of whom one is French)
- Uden War Cemetery - 703 soldiers (of whom two are Polish)
- Valkenswaard War Cemetery - 220 soldiers
- Venray War Cemetery - 693 soldiers (of whom one is Polish)
- Vredenhof Schiermonnikoog - 65 soldiers
- Werkendam War Cemetery - 23 soldiers (of whom one is Australian)
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Arnhem Oosterbeek Airborne War Cemetery
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Beilen cemetery
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Holten Canadian War Cemetery
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Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery
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Mierlo War Cemetery
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Mook War Cemetery
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Nederweert War Cemetery
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Swartbroek Churchyard
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Rusthof Leusden
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Vredenhof Schiermonnikoog
U.S. war graves
All American war graves are located at the U.S. Military Cemetery Margraten.
- U.S. Military Cemetery Margraten (Margraten) - 8,302 soldiers
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U.S. Military Cemetery Margraten
Belgian war graves
- Belgian Field of Honour 1940 (Maastricht) - 43 soldiers
- Belgian Military Field of Honour 1940 (Willemstad) - 153 soldiers
- Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery - 2 Belgian graves
- Dokkum Roman Catholic Cemetery - 1 Belgian grave
- Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery - 3 Belgian graves
- Harlingen General Cemetery - 3 Belgian graves
- Holten Canadian War Cemetery - 1 Belgian grave
- Nijmegen Jonkerbos War Cemetery - 4 Belgian graves
- Vlissingen Noorder begraafplaats - 1 Belgian grave
French war graves
- France Military Field of Honour (Kapelle) - 229 soldiers
- Beilen General Cemetery - 1 soldier
- Schiermonnikoog Drenkelingenkerkhof Vredenhof - 9 soldiers [2]
- Swartbroek (gem. Weert) Churchyard - 1 soldier
- Vlissingen Noorder Cemetery - 2 soldiers
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Beilen General Cemetery
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Vredebhof Schiermonnikoog
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Swartbroek Cemetery
Russian war graves
- Russian Field of Honour Leusden (Leusden) - 865 soldiers
- Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery (Groesbeek) - 1 soldier
Georgian war graves
- Field of Honour of the Georgians under Loladse (Texel) - 476 soldiers
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Russian Field of Honour Leusden
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Field of Honour Georgiërs Loladse
Polish war graves[3]
About 500 Polish war graves are located in the Netherlands.
- Polish Military Field of Honour (Breda) - 156 soldiers
- Polish Field of Honour Oosterhof (Oosterhout) - 30 soldiers
- Polish Field of Honour Ginneken (Breda) - 80 soldiers
- Polish Field of Honour Alphen (Alphen) - 18 soldiers
- Polish Field of Honour Axel - 22 soldiers
- Mook War Cemetery - 11 soldiers
- Arnhem Oosterbeek Airborne War Cemetery - 73 soldiers
- Schiermonnikoog drenkelingenkerkhof Vredenhof - 3 soldiers
- Werkendam War Cemetery - 1 soldier
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Pools Militair Field of Honour Breda
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Vredenhof Schiermonnikoog
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Mook war cemetery
German war graves
- Ysselsteyn German war cemetery - 31 585 soldiers[4]
- Vorden (gem. Lochem) General Cemetery - 10 soldiers
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Ysselsteyn, German War Cemetery
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Monument at Ysselsteyn, German War Cemetery
Cemeteries with Commonwealth War Graves
If Allied war graves are present on a cemetery, a green identification plate is placed at the entrance carrying the text: Oorlogsgraven van het Gemenebest – Commonwealth War Graves
References
- ↑ http://www.oorlogsgraven.org Dutch War Cemetery Organisation
- ↑ http://www.vredenhof.org/
- ↑ http://www.polishwargraves.nl
- ↑ http://www.oorlogsmusea.nl/artikel/37/Duitse-Oorlogsbegraafplaats-Ysselsteyn.htm