Commonwealth War Graves General Cemetery Rheden

Lentsesteeg, Rheden
Gelderland, Netherlands, the

On the Heiderust General Cemetery in Rheden are six Commonwealth War Graves. Four of them were crew members of Avro Lancaster ! W4840. Behind their graves is a memorial to commemorate them. The text on the memorial is:[i] HERE RESTS THE CREW OF A BRITISH WAR PLANE CRASHED AT VELP ON THE "OVERHAGENSCHE WEIDE" ON 3 JAN. 1943 BURIED 7 JAN. 1943[/i] The other three members of this crew are buried at the Canadian War Cemetery in Groesbeek.

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