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1944 - 1949

The definitive research resource for the 1st KOSB from 1944-1949
1st KOSB CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Netherlands
WISSENKERKE GENERAL CEMETERY

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Wissenkerke General Cemetery is the village cemetery of Wissenkerke, in the western part of the island of Noord-Beveland in Zeeland, about 21 km north-east of Middelburg. It contains five Commonwealth war graves of the Second World War: three soldiers, one sailor and one Canadian airman. Among them is Private Douglas Gillon of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, serving with No. 4 Commando, who died on 20 January 1945 aged 19.
LOCATION
Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Netherlands
DIRECTIONS
Coordinates: 51.58553, 3.74396
Description courtesy of CWGC
AT REST HERE
1 man of the 1st Battalion rests here
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