Commonwealth War Cemetery Munster Heath

Lauheide Forest Cemetery (Waldfriedhof) eastern of Münster contains a separate Commonwealth War Cemetery with a vehicular entrance.

Munster Heath was on the line of the Alllied advance across northern Germany in 1945 but the majority of those buried in the cemetery died while serving with the Army of Occupation after the German surrender. Munster Heath Cemetery contains 589 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. There are also 277 post war graves.

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Source

• Text: Commonwealth War Graves Comission
• Photos: Fedor de Vries