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Dutch War Graves Den Haag

Kerkhoflaan General Cemetery in The Hague contains two collective graves for a total of 165 Dutch soldiers who died in May 1940, in the defense of the fortress Holland and in the air attack on The Hague. Later in 1940 two soldiers who died in October 1940 at Mill during mine clearance were also buried here.

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Source

  • Text: Fedor de Vries
  • Photos: Pieter Mielen

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