Commonwealth War Graves Vlaardingen

Emaus, 3135, Vlaardingen
South Holland, Netherlands, the

The three collective Commonwealth wargraves on Emaus General Cemetery in Vlaardingen are situated in a prominent position in a Dutch Memorial Park of Honour together with one Dutch wargrave. Commander Hill, Ordinary Seamen Higgs and Goshawk got killed when Loodsboot 19 hit a magnetic mine at the Nieuwe Waterweg between Vlaardingen en Maassluis in the morning of 10 May 1940. Aboard was a small part of the Dutch gold reserve, which had to be kept out of German hands. We like to add more information about the casualties buried in these graves. If you know more about these graves, please [url="/contact.asp"]contact[/url] us.

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Text by: Pieter Schlebaum

Photo(s): Dick de Bruijne (1), Hans van Ekelenburg (2)

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