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1st KOSB CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS

Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Netherlands

WISSENKERKE GENERAL CEMETERY

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Awaiting photo

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

Grave Marker
RANK
First Name
Surname
AGE
Date of Death
Photographs
Grave Marker
RANK
First Name
Surname
AGE
Date of Death
Photo
Private
DOUGLAS
GILLON
19
Saturday, January 20, 1945

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

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