Commonwealth War Graves Old General Cemetery Wierden
Wierden Old General Cemetery contains a plot of 21 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, all airmen who were shot down in the area from 1942 onwards.
The soldiers killed in the neighbourhood during the liberation of Wierden were Canadians and were taken to the Canadian Cemetery at Holten.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Arjan Vrieze
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Monument
- Memorial Crew Members Lancaster LL914 WS-U - Wierden
- Liberation Route Marker 505 - Wierden
- Memorial Executions Wierden I - Wierden
Cemetery
- Dutch War Graves Old Municipal Cemetery Wierden - Wierden
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- Dutch War Graves Municipal Cemetery 't Groenedael Almelo - Almelo
Remembrance Stone
- Stumbling Stones Appelhofstraat 14 - Wierden
- Stumbling Stone and plaque Stationsstraat 29 - Wierden
- Stumbling Stone Wierdensestraat 160 - Almelo
Crash site
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