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280 Britons and one Dutchman are buried in the Overloon war cemetery. Six of them have not been identified. The area was heavily fought in the autumn of 1944. Most of the graves date from this period. The arrangement of British war cemeteries is uniform in all 140 countries where the Commonwealth War Graves Commission is responsible for maintaining war graves.
JUST A FEW FACTS IN A ROW….
- There are 281 military men buried
- 6 of them are unidentified
- There is 1 Dutchman buried: W.C. van der Burgt, Prinses Irenebrigade
- 14 men of the airforce
- 4 young men of 18 years old, they are the youngest
- 34 young men of 19 years old lie
- 3 men aged 38, the oldest, lie
- There lie 61 men who fell on 14 October 1944, the day Overloon was liberated
- The 6, next to each other buried men of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 90 Sqdn. (Plot III, Row A) fell on 4 July 1943 with their aircraft, and are the first casualties in the cemetery
- The last soldier (Robert Muir), fell on 25-08-1945.
- Hubert Gerald Orr is the highest ranked Lieutenant Colonel
- There are 119 soldiers buried with the rank Soldier
