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Dutch War Graves 's-Heerenhoek

On the Roman Catholic cemetery in ‘s-Heerenhoek there are three Dutch war graves.
The text on the first grave of the picture can be translated as follows:
Here rests our beloved
son and brother
Bertus
Van ‘t Westeinde
Born in ‘s Heerenhoek 13-1-1921
Died in Hahn (Germany) 24-6-1945
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Rest in peace
Dear Bertus
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The text on the second grave reads:
Here rests
our dear son and brother
Wilhelmus Westdorp
born 15 Sept. 1920
in ‘s Heerenhoek
Executed 31 March 1945
In The Hague.
Rest in Peace.

The text on the grave:
Here rests
Cornelis Grim
spouse of
Jozina Bos
born 4 April 1900
died 13 September 1944
On the ground lies a stone with the following text:
N S
Between the letters of the national railroad system is a winged wheel.

In memory of
our comrade
C.Grim
who perished
during
the carrying out
of his duties
on 13 September 1944.

The railway personnel
from Zeeland

For Cornelis Grim a plaque of the national railway company has been mounted in the railway station of Middelburg and on the memorial for deceased railway personnel in Utrecht his name is also mentioned on one of the plaques.

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