Something very special happened on May 4th. Our esteemed colleague Tonnie Ebben handed over four unique, historical field crosses to the visitors’ center of the War Cemetery in Bergen op Zoom.The story behind these crosses is almost unbelievable: they were discovered in a scrap metal bin in Sint Anthonis! Fortunately, someone recognized their historical significance, and they found their way to Tonnie.

Overloon War Chronicles Foundation recently received a remarkable historical document: the original military ‘paybook’ belonging to British Private Sydney John Gilbert Williamson. Williamson was killed in action on October 14, 1944, during the fierce battles to liberate Overloon.The document came into the foundation's possession following an extraordinary international search. Mr. Malcolm Waterman, the nephew of the fallen soldier, had spent years looking for a worthy home for this personal heirloom.

This week, we had the pleasure of welcoming Year 5 and 6 students (groups 7 and 8) from Sterrenschool De Klimboom (Venray) to the Overloon War Cemetery. As part of their project on ‘War and Peace,’ intern Lise Weerts organized this educational visit for her "Learning Outside the Classroom" assignment.

Over the past few days, we welcomed around 200 students from Mondial College Leuvensbroek in Nijmegen to Overloon War Cemetery. After visiting the Overloon War Museum, we told them about the servicemen buried in the cemetery, about the Battle of Overloon and the long journey most of them had already made before they lost their lives and were buried here.

On Christmas Eve, we gathered at Overloon War Cemetery for Lights on War Graves 2025. It was indescribably wonderful to see how much interest there was from adopters, residents, veterans from the Land van Cuijk, Mayor Marieke Moorman, Councillor Bouke van Vugt and many partners and other interested parties.

Overloon War Chronicles Foundation is organising Lights on War Graves at the War Cemetery in Overloon on Christmas Eve again this year. Together with the Veterans Land van Cuijk, the adopters and other interested parties, candles will be placed at the 281 graves of the soldiers for the ninth time.