Monument Valkenburg
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The monument at the Dutch War Cemetery in Valkenburg (Katwijk) commemorates twenty two citizens and thirteen Dutch soldiers who died as a result of the fighting around the airbase Valkenburg in May 1940.
Waymark Code: WMFFKQ
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 10/12/2012
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In the middle of the cemetery there is a white stone pillar. At each grave there is an identical tombstone of white stone.
The text at the frontside of the pillar:
‘JEZUS ZEIDE IK BEN DE OPSTANDING EN HET LEVEN.’
Jesus said I am the resurrection and the life
The text at the backside of the pillar:
‘VALKENBURG AAN ZIJN GEVALLEN BURGERS’
Valkenburg to its fallen citizens
1940-1945
T. VAN BEEK
C.POSTMUS
H.W.M. VAN STIJN
J. VARKEVISSER
G. BOL
META BOS
A.R. BROCKHAUS
C. VAN DIJK - HOGEWONING
GERRITJE VAN DIJK
MARIA VAN DIJK
JAN GRAVEKAMP
C. VAN HAARLEM - DERKS
C.W. MEURS - LANGEVELD
EMMA J. MEURS
C. VAN DER MEIJ - HOEK
T.H. VAN DER MEIJ
M.H. RAVENSBERGEN
G. DE ROODE - GRAVEKAMP
S. DE ROODE
J.R. VOERMAN
J.H. VAN DER WEIJDEN
J. DE WIT.'
On 17 April 1939, during the Dutch mobilization, the construction of the military airfield Valkenburg began. It was contracted to the Dutch Heidemaatschappij. From the wide area thousand, mainly unemployed, workers attracted to the job. The construction was done in the context of a job creation project.
During May 1940, the airport, while it was not finished, was occupied by the German troops after two attack waves. In this fierce battle there were many deaths. In the village of Valkenburg the people of the EHBO arranged a school at the Kerkweg as a hospital and the town hall as a bandage post. In the hospital there were wounded civilians, German and Dutch soldiers together.
Property Permission: Public
Access instructions: Next to the N.H.church, at the Castellumplein in Valkenburg (Katwijk).
Website for Waymark: [Web Link]
Location of waymark:
Castellumplein 1
Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland,
2235CN
Commemoration: Soldiers in the service of the Ned. Kon. 1940-1945, Civilian Casualties
Date of Dedication: Not listed
Access times: Not listed
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