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In 1982, an employee of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission was also buried in the cemetery. [citation needed] The graves are arranged in eight sections (numbered 1 to 8), with six or seven rows in each section (A to F or G). [2] The Cross of Sacrifice at the cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. [citation needed]
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) Losser 2 soldiers; de Lutte 5 soldiers; Lonneker 1 soldier; Mierlo War Cemetery – 665 soldiers (of whom one is Dutch) Milsbeek War Cemetery – 210 soldiers; Mook War Cemetery – 322 ...
The cemetery covers 26.5 hectares (65.5 acres) and from the entrance there is Court of Honor with a reflecting pool. There is a visitors' building and a museum with three engraved operations maps designed by Yale University graduate Lewis York (who is buried in Akron, Ohio) and executed by the Dura Company of Heerlen, Holland, describing the movements of the American forces in the area during ...
Mierlo is a village in the southern Netherlands, in the municipality of Geldrop-Mierlo, North Brabant. Until 2004, it was a separate municipality with an area of 18.09 km 2 (7 sq mi). Mierlo is home to a few interesting buildings, for example the old Council house and the windmill in the centre of the village.
Since 2011 the official text of the Memorandum for Remembrance Day on 4 May is as follows: During the national commemoration of Remembrance Day we remember all victims – civilians and soldiers – who have been killed or murdered in the Kingdom of the Netherlands or anywhere else in the world in war situations or during peace-keeping operations since the outbreak of the Second World War.
He placed a wreath at the cemetery chapel before an expanse of white headstones marking the final resting place of more than 2,200 U.S. soldiers who fought in World War I.
World War II cemeteries in the Netherlands (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Cemeteries in the Netherlands" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
July 17, 2003 (Main St., roughly bounded by W. Court, E. Jefferson and the odd numbered 200 blk of S. Main St. Viroqua: Viroqua's old commercial business district, including the 1882 Italianate Casson-Purdy Block, [36] the 1899 Queen Anne-styled Fortney Hotel, [37] the 1899 Michel Brewing Co. Building, [38] the 1901 Italianate Dahl/Beat drugstore/grocery, [39] the 1908 Neoclassical First ...