Commonwealth War Graves Municipal Cemetery Vught

On the North Eastern part of this cemetery are four war graves that are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Four British soldiers lay here to rest who died in 1944 during the operations surrounding Vught.Three of them, from the Royal Armoured Corps, 1st Northhamptonshire Yeomanry, got killed on October 25th when the tank they were in got hit by German guns. A day later Vilmo Savelli got killed, soldier of the regiment Black Watch of the Royal Highlanders.

These are the graves of:

ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS - 25-10-1944
Serjeant Cecil Thomas Bamford, 7895621, age 24
Lance Corrporal Frederick George Houghton, 7894849, age 24
Trooper kenneth Mudge, 14242732, age 22

BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLANDERS) - 26-10-1944
Private Vilmo Savelli, 14273036, age 22.

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Source

• Text: Peter van Kaathoven
• Photos: Lennard Bolijn (1, 3, 4, 5), Fedor de Vries (2)