Oorlogsmonument - Ruinerwold NL
Posted by: dreamhummie
N 52° 42.784 E 006° 14.874
32U E 314102 N 5843906
WWII Oorlogsmonument located at Kerkweg near Ruinerwold, The Netherlands.
Waymark Code: WMNG7V
Location: Drenthe, Netherlands
Date Posted: 03/10/2015
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The war memorial in Ruinerwold (municipality De Wolden) was established in memory of nine citizens who during World War II by acts of war were killed.
The names of the nine victims read:
E. de Boer, H. Ham, B. Knol, J. Kraal, H. Remmelts, H. Smid, J. Smilde, P. Stevens en H. v.d. Wal.
The war memorial is a black granite memorial stone, flanked by a lower stone of the same material. The memorial is a sandstone slab combined with a text and a logo.
The text on the plaque reads:
'1940 - 1945
VOOR HEN DIE VIELEN
E. DE BOER H. REMMELTS RMZN.
H. HAM H. SMID
B. KNOL P. STEVENS
J. KRAAL H. V.D. WAL
J. SMILDE'.
The war memorial stands at the General Cemetery in Ruinerwold. Here is also an Allied honorary grave.
Source and more info see line website for waymark.
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