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REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

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Photo credit - Mike Reid

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery was created after the Second World War when burials were brought in from all over western Germany and is the largest Commonwealth cemetery in the country. Some of those members of the land forces buried there died in the advance through Reichswald Forest in February 1945.

Coordinates: 51.74065, 6.08242

Description courtesy of FindaGrave.com

Grave Marker
RANK
First Name
Surname
AGE
Date of Death
Photographs
Private
CHARLES WILLIAM
ANSELL
19
Saturday, March 03, 1945
Lance Corporal
ROBERT ALEXANDER
BELL
26
Friday, March 02, 1945
Corporal
WILLIAM
CHELLEY
22
Tuesday, June 19, 1945
Private
JAMES
FULTON
18
Tuesday, March 20, 1945
Private
WILLIAM BAILLIE SMITH
McFADYEN
19
Tuesday, February 27, 1945
Private
JOHN JAMES
McNALLY
23
Wednesday, May 02, 1945
Private
WILLIAM PATRICK
O'BRIEN
18
Saturday, March 03, 1945
Serjeant
DAVID SAMUEL
PHILLIPS
28
Friday, March 02, 1945
Corporal
HENRY
RICHARDSON
24
Friday, July 13, 1945
Private
ROY
SEARLE
19
Tuesday, February 27, 1945
Lance Corporal
WILLIAM LIDDLE
SHANKS
26
Tuesday, February 27, 1945
Private
DANIEL
STEELE
19
Tuesday, February 27, 1945
Private
HERBERT
THOMAS
19
Tuesday, February 27, 1945
Private
JOHN
THOMPSON
19
Wednesday, February 28, 1945
Private
PERCY FREDERICK
WOODWARD
29
Friday, March 23, 1945
Private
WILLIAM ALFRED
YATES
18
Monday, March 19, 1945
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