Grave Civilian Casualties Roman Catholic Cemetery Deest

On the Roman Catholic Cemetery Parochie Maria onbevlekt ontvangen in Deest is a plot with graves of civilian victims who died on February 8th 1945. On February 8th Deest was hit by a German V1 flying bomb. The bomb hit on a farm on the corner of Grotestraat - Wethouder Breunsstraat. This impact killed 10 people, including three British soldiers.

There is also a grave of a civilian victim who was killed on November 3th 1944.

The residents of Deest who died during the Second World War are commemorated on the war memorial in Deest. Click here to go to the article of the war memorial in Deest.

Do you have more information about this location? Inform us!

Source

• Text: TracesOfWar.nl
• Photos: Arjan Vrieze