Commonwealth War Graves Rustoord Cemetery Nijmegen

The General Cemetery Rustoord in Nijmegen contains one Commonwealth War Grave from Second World War and 4 graves from the First World War.

The victims from World War 1 are:
- J. Wrigley, East Surrey Regiment. As a POW released from Germany and died in The Netherlands on November 30, 1918.
- Fred Twigger, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment. Died on December 16, 1918.
- Percy W. Toder, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment. Died on December 10, 1918.
- Harold Dawson Servant, Rotal Naval Division, Royal Marines. As a POW released from Germany and died in The Netherlands from pneumonia on January 3rd, 1919.

The WW2 victim is Private William Currie, from Eccelefechan (Scotland) is buried in this cemetery. He served with the 5th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment. When he died, he was 25 years old.

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Source

• Text: Pieter Schlebaum/ Jimmy Hilgen
• Photos: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (1), Jimmy Hilgen (2, 3)
• LEEUWEN, M. VAN & STAARMAN, A., Tastbare Herinneringen 1914-1918, Western Front Association Nederland, 2008.

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