Memorial Café Zuid Ginkel

On 10 May 1940 a patrol was ambushed at Café Zuid Ginkel. The three cavalry men were killed by a shot through the head. A memorial at the carpark of Herberg Zuid Ginkel is placed in remembrance. The text on the memorial is:

ON 10 MAY AT 5 PM
C.E. DE GRAAF VAN LIMBURG STIRUM KORNET
P. CH. BONKERK DPL. KORP.
J.G. DIJKERS DPL. HUZAAR
PERISHED HERE
THEY PROVIDED THE SECURITY FOR PART OF THE
4TH CAVALRY REGIMENT

The plaque of the memorial was attached to the front wall of the café. In May 2016 it became part of this memorial. Corporal Bonkerk and Hussar Dijkers are buried at Ede General Cemetery. Kornet De Graaf van Limburg Stirum is buried at the General Cemetery in Zutphen.

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Source

• Text: Arjan Vrieze
• Photos: Arjan Vrieze

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