Liberation Route Europe, Oorlogsbegraafplaats, Mook, Netherlands
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member TeamYakara
N 51° 45.246 E 005° 53.128
31U E 699152 N 5737629
Mook War Cemetery is the final resting place of 322 soldiers killed in the Second World War,
Waymark Code: WM10C2Q
Location: Limburg, Netherlands
Date Posted: 04/11/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member pa3ems
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NL

Op het Britse ereveld in Mook liggen 322 gesneuvelde militairen begraven. Veel van de hier begraven Britse soldaten sneuvelden in de Betuwe (september/oktober 1944) en in Duitsland (februari 1945). De gesneuvelde militairen hebben de volgende nationaliteit: Verenigd Koninkrijk (297), Polen (11), Canada (10), Australië (3) en Nieuw-Zeeland (1). Op het ereveld staat een 'Cross of Sacrifice' met bronzen zwaard met de tekst: 'MOOK WAR CEMETERY 1939 - 1945'. Het kruis staat symbool voor de militairen die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog in Nederland zijn gesneuveld.


EN

322 British soldiers are buried on the British plot in Mook. Many of the British soldiers buried here were killed in the Betuwe (September / October 1944) and in Germany (February 1945). The fallen soldiers have the following nationality: United Kingdom (297), Poland (11), Canada (10), Australia (3) and New Zealand (1). On the plot is a 'Cross of Sacrifice' with a bronze sword with the text: 'MOOK WAR CEMETERY 1939 - 1945'. The cross symbolizes the soldiers who fell in the Netherlands during the Second World War.
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