Dutch War Graves RC Cemetery Gendringen

There are four Dutch war graves at the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Gendringen:

Petrus Johannes Kuiper, born on 8 April 1909 in Haarlem. Arrested during a raid on 6 December in Heemstede. Died on 12 March 1945 in Gendringen and buried there in the Roman Catholic cemetery.

Wilhelmus Gerardus Josephus Weijkamp. He was 30 years old. Born on 5 October 1913 in Gendringen. Killed on 11 September 1944 at Dellstrasse 39 in Rees, Germany.

Bennie Reijers was fatally wounded on 22 October 1944 during a British Spitfire attack on a German 88 mm gun that was positioned behind his parents' farm. Several stray bullets also hit the farm. His parents found their 18-year-old son in the hallway of the house. Bennie was killed instantly by bullets that had penetrated the roof of the farm or by shrapnel from the 20 mm grenades fired from the aircraft's onboard weapons.

Bernardus Wilhelmus Schadron, born on 4 December 1886 in Gendringen, died on 9 March 1945 during shelling/bombing in Gendringen.

Two war graves in this cemetery have since been cleared:

Maria Gertrude Dünk, born on 8 December 1901, died on 9 March 1945 during aircraft bombardment over Gendringen.

Bernardus Franciscus ten Have, born on 8 August 1899. He was seriously injured during an attack by fighter-bombers over Gendringen and died on 25 March in the emergency hospital in Lochem.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Arjan Vrieze (1, 2), Oorlogsgravenstichting (3)