Dutch War Graves General Cemetery Delfzijl




The General Cemetery in Delfzijl contains eight individual Dutch war graves and a collective grave of civilian victims who died during the Second World War. Text on the grave: [i]FALLEN DURING THE SIEGE VAN DELFZIJL IN APRIL 1945[/i] Jantina Ohlsen b. 26 Oct 1906 d. April 25, 1945 Georg Reinder Vos b. 25 March 1888 died 22 April 1945 Allegonda Kuipers b. Sept 24 1867 deceased. April 25, 1945 Diena Briek born 18 Aug. 1871 d. April 25, 1945 Feike Meertens b. 11 Dec. 1925 deceased. April 23, 1945 The other war casualties are: Reinder Drenth, carpenter born 16-02-1910 in Delfzijl died 22-03-1944 in Waldheim Sachsen Germany Jan Kruiger, baker's assistant born 17-08-1921 in Delfzijl died 06-02-1945 in Groningen Pieter Jan Kuper, machine fitter born 19-01-1922 in Delfzijl died 07-07-1944 in Dessau Germany Dirk Ploeg, casual worker born 11-07-1891 in The Hague died 23-05-1945 on the Eems near Delfzijl Christian Nicolaas Adolf Ridenberg, soldier 14 Cpn. born 03-04-1911 in Winschoten died 10-05-1940 in Dordrecht Gouke Toekele Wedman, shop assistant and member of the resistance born 28-05-1923 in Smallingerland died 17-04-1945 in Delfzijl Hilbrand de Ruiter, aged 53 years died 16-04-1945 in Delfzijl Harm Kriens born 24-06-1885 died 19-07-1945 in Delfzijl