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Dutch War Graves Municipal Cemetery Etten-Leur

At the Municipal Cemetery in Etten in Etten-Leur is the war grave of a Dutch soldier. This is the grave of Marinus van Geest. Marinus died on May 14th 1940 in Etten.

The cemetery also contains the war grave of a civilian casualty of the Second World War. This is the grave of Jacobus Antonius de Pijper. Jacobus died in Germany due to the German Arbeitseinsatz.

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Source

  • Text: TracesOfWar.nl
  • Photos: Wies Huybregts Schapendonk