The Commonwealth War Cemetery Arnhem Oosterbeek, also known as the Airborne Cemetery, contains the graves of most of those killed during the September landings, and many of those killed in later fighting in the area.
There are now 1,680 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 245 of the burials are unidentified and two casualties are commemorated by special memorials. There are also 73 Polish, 3 Dutch and 3 non-war (former CWGC employees) graves in the cemetery.
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- Text: Lennard Bolijn
- Photos: Arjan Vrieze
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13Sep
Photo Report rededication of the grave of L/Cpl William Loney
On Wednesday 13 September 2017 was a service for the rededication of the grave of L/Cpl William Loney of the 2nd Parachute Battalion at the Oosterbeek War Cemetery.
Sep2016
Rededication Service six Graves The Border Regiment
There are a couple of hundred graves for unknown soldiers at the Airborne Cemetery in Oosterbeek. These soldiers could not be identified when they were buried shortly after the war. Recently and with the help of modern DNA technology six soldiers of the Border Regiment could be identified, 72 years after they had passed away.
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- Memorial "De Pleuranten" Arnhem - Arnhem
- The Warrior - Arnhem
Cemetery
- Dutch War Graves Wolfheze - Wolfheze
- Commonwealth War Grave (Moscowa) Arnhem - Arnhem
- Mass Grave Civillian Casualties Municipal Cemetery North and South Oosterbeek - Oosterbeek
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