This monument, in the form of a three-dimensional triangle made of Corten steel, was unveiled in 2023.
The first side of the triangle bears the names of the residents of Rucphen who died during the Second World War.
Residents who died in the Second World War:
Johannes J van Buitenen 01/10/1922 – 13/06/1944
Adrianus M van Dijk 17/10/1919 – 10/05/1940
Maria P Embregts 26/05/1923 – 26/10/1944
Anna M v. Kalmthout 23/08/1889 – 26/10/1944
Antonius Konings 23/11/1861 – 01/09/1944
Antonius Konings 13/11/1871 – 26/10/1944
Johannes Konings 11/12/1927 – 03/12/1944
Johannes Roks 27/04/1921 – 14/10/1944
Adrianus Schrauwen 19/10/1885 – 26/10/1944
Adriana J H Schroot 16/11/1923 – 28/10/1944
The second panel lists the names of the crew members of Halifax W1271 who were killed and the Canadian soldiers who died in the German Red Cross post in September 1944.
Allies who died in Rucphen during the Second World War near the Posthoorn:
William T Ellis 23/01/1916 – 20/06/1944
Celin Galloway 1922 – 20/06/1944
Celin R Pearce 22/01/1922 – 20/06/1944
William J Randall 03/05/1920 – 20/06/1944
Edgar L Rabson 21/11/1915 – 20/06/1944
Glyn J D Thompson 13/02/1921 – 20/06/1944
Red Cross post:
Kenneth A Giviens 21/03/1915 – 03/10/1944
Frederick C Mullan 19/05/1913 – 30/09/1944
Cleo A Seguin 01/12/1919 – 27/09/1944
Frederick V Wall 16/06/1914 – 18/09/1944
The third plane features Robert Laurence Binyon's famous poem:
'They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them')
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