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1st KOSB CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS

Venray, Holland

VENRAY WAR CEMETERY

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Awaiting photo

Venray War Cemetery is on the Hoenderstraat in Venray, in the Dutch province of Limburg, about 40 km east of Eindhoven. Allied forces liberated the town in mid-October 1944, and burials were made here from October 1944 until March 1945. The cemetery contains 692 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 30 of them unidentified, and one Polish war grave.

LOCATION

Venray, Holland

DIRECTIONS

Coordinates: 51.52906, 5.95541

Description courtesy of CWGC

AT REST HERE

3 men of the 1st Battalion rest here

Grave Marker
RANK
First Name
Surname
AGE
Date of Death
Photographs
Grave Marker
RANK
First Name
Surname
AGE
Date of Death
Photo
Corporal
WALTER FREDERICK
PRITCHARD
32
Tuesday, October 17, 1944
Private
THOMAS
CONNOLLY
21
Sunday, December 17, 1944
Private
JOHN HENRY
WHITE
21
Wednesday, January 10, 1945

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

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