War Memorial Rucphen

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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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Jan Taheij