This monument has been erected in the front area of the ruin of Castle "Keverberg" in Kessel.
On all four sides of the monument plaques have been placed.
The text on the front side says:
Reflect for a moment
The text on the next plaque on one of the sides says:
Dutch soldiers that
were killed in action in Kessel
fighting along the river Meuse
during the days of May 1940.
Hermanus Bartels
Adriaan van Dinther
Johannes van der Eerden
Hendrikus Engels
Mari van Esch
Johannes de Lang
Cornelis Venmans
Johannes van Zon
The text on the other side of monument:
War victims from Kessel
1940 - 1945
Harrie Bots
Felix Bruynen
Nel Croonenbroek
Berta van Emden
Sef Feller
Frits Giesbertz
Lei van Geloven
Frans Geraedts
Alfons Haffmans
Pierre Mooten
The text on the fourth side can be translated as follows:
War victims from Kessel
1940 – 1945
Sjeng Mooten
Harrie Nieskens
Willem Reinders
Frans Schreurs
Piet Peters
Killed in action in the Dutch East Indies:
Pierre van Emden 1945
Tieu Timmermans 1947
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