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War Memorial Boskoop

This memorial commemorates the residents of Boskoop (municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn) who died in the Second World War.

On the left plaque are the following names of soldiers:

K.A. VAN EEUWEN, (killed on 10 May 1940 in Katwijk (ZH))
K.W. VAN GELDEREN, (killed on 10 May 1940 in Katwijk (ZH))
C. HOOGENDOORN, (killed on 10 May 1940 in Katwijk (ZH))
D.J. JONGENBURGER, (killed on 10 May 1940 in Valkenburg (ZH))
J.NEWERF, (killed in Dubbeldam on 10 May 1940)
K. VERWEIJ, (died on 10 May 1940 from his wounds in Oeffelt)
J. VAN DER WOLF, (killed on 10 May 1940 in Rijswijk (ZH))

The right plaque shows the following names of resistance fighters and KNIL soldiers:

M. ERKELENS, (resistance, died on 22 May 1945 in Grabow, Landkreis Waren)
A. VAN DAAL, (resistance, died on 22 May 1945 in Neustadt Holstein, Neuengamme)
W. GLOUDEMANS, (resistance, died on 28 March 1945 in Boskoop)
SJ DRIESPRONG, (resistance, shot on 28 October 1944 on Waalsdorpervlakte)

H.C. DE GROOT, (military KNIL, died on October 20, 1943 in Chungkai)
J. STOLKER, (military KNIL, died on 30 November 1946 in Padang)
G.A. VAN HELDEN, (military KNIL, died on August 9, 1943 in Tamarkan, Thailand)

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Source

  • Text: Dick de Bruijne & Pieter Mielen
  • Photos: Pieter Mielen (1, 5), Dick de Bruijne (2, 3, 4)