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Memorial Royal Packet Company Egmond aan Zee

The War Memorial in Egmond aan Zee commemorates the victims of the Royal Packet Company who fell in World War II.

Text on the monument:

KONINKLIJKE
PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ

TO ALL WHO HAVE RECEIVED US
IN UNEQUAL FIGHT
OR EVERED BY DEFICIENCY
IN THE BRIGHT CAMP OF INTERNATION
DEDICATED IN MEMORY

1940 - 1945

The monument is located in the building of the Prins Hendrik Foundation in Egmond aan Zee.


A plaque commemorates the victims of the Royal Java-China Parcel Shipping Lines who fell in World War II.
Text on the plaque:

IN HONORED MEMORY
OF THOSE MEMBERS
OR OUR PERSONNEL
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
DURING THE YEARS
1939-1945
IN FAITHFUL SERVICE
AT SEA AND ASHORE

The same text is also in Chinese on this plaque.

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Source

  • Text: TracesOfWar
  • Photos: Ida Albertsboer-van Wagtendonk

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