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Memorial Aalten General Cemetery

This memorial column is located at Aalten General Cemetery next to the War Graves. The text on the column tell the story of:
- resistance fighter Cornelis Ruizendaal
- the crash of Short Stirling BK767 on 26 June 1943
- lieutenant John Andrew Cardew Duncan. He was killed during the liberation of Aalten. He is not buried here but at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
- the liberation of Aalten on 30 March 1945

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Source

  • Text: Arjan Vrieze
  • Photos: Arjan Vrieze