BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY
Limburg
Netherlands
Location Information
The town of Brunssum is in the south east corner of the Netherlands close to the German border, approx 30kms north east of Maastricht.
From the A2 motorway Eindhoven to Maastricht take exit 48 (afrit 48) URMOND / GELEEN / STEIN.
Follow direction N294 SITTARD for approx 4kms.
Turn right onto N276 direction BRUNSSUM and continue for approx 10kms.
Turn left onto KENNEDYLAAN direction BRUNSSUM CENTRUM (signposted Oorlogskerkhof) and continue for approx 1.3kms.
Turn right at roundabout direction CENTRUM onto MERKELBEEKERSTRAAT and after approx 200m turn left onto HEUFSTRAAT (CWGC sign)
The cemetery is approx 100m on the left.
The cemetery address is:-
Heufstraat
6441 TX Brunssum
Netherlands
GPS Location is:- N 50 57 05 E 05 58 16
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to site possible, but may be by an alternative entrance.
Historical Information
Brunssum was liberated in September 1944 by U.S. forces; they were shortly afterwards followed by the British 43rd (Wessex) Division, who made their headquarters in the town, and in turn were succeeded by the 52nd (Lowland) Division.
The first burials in the cemetery were made by an Advanced Dressing Station and a Casualty Clearing Station which were situated at Merkelbeek in November 1944 when the 43rd Division were engaged in clearing a triangle between the Rivers Roer and Maas.
Later, other casualties were all brought back and buried in the same place; they included fifty men who were killed while clearing mines on the German border at the beginning of January 1945. Operations in the Geilenkirchen sector accounted for a great part of the casualties buried here.
There are over 300 1939-1945 burials in this cemetery, they are made up entirely of soldiers of the British Army, of whom 1 remains unidentified.
The town of Brunssum is in the south east corner of the Netherlands close to the German border, approx 30kms north east of Maastricht.
From the A2 motorway Eindhoven to Maastricht take exit 48 (afrit 48) URMOND / GELEEN / STEIN.
Follow direction N294 SITTARD for approx 4kms.
Turn right onto N276 direction BRUNSSUM and continue for approx 10kms.
Turn left onto KENNEDYLAAN direction BRUNSSUM CENTRUM (signposted Oorlogskerkhof) and continue for approx 1.3kms.
Turn right at roundabout direction CENTRUM onto MERKELBEEKERSTRAAT and after approx 200m turn left onto HEUFSTRAAT (CWGC sign)
The cemetery is approx 100m on the left.
The cemetery address is:-
Heufstraat
6441 TX Brunssum
Netherlands
GPS Location is:- N 50 57 05 E 05 58 16
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to site possible, but may be by an alternative entrance.
Historical Information
Brunssum was liberated in September 1944 by U.S. forces; they were shortly afterwards followed by the British 43rd (Wessex) Division, who made their headquarters in the town, and in turn were succeeded by the 52nd (Lowland) Division.
The first burials in the cemetery were made by an Advanced Dressing Station and a Casualty Clearing Station which were situated at Merkelbeek in November 1944 when the 43rd Division were engaged in clearing a triangle between the Rivers Roer and Maas.
Later, other casualties were all brought back and buried in the same place; they included fifty men who were killed while clearing mines on the German border at the beginning of January 1945. Operations in the Geilenkirchen sector accounted for a great part of the casualties buried here.
There are over 300 1939-1945 burials in this cemetery, they are made up entirely of soldiers of the British Army, of whom 1 remains unidentified.
5444888 Private
Frederick John Atkin
5th Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
19th November 1944, aged 24.
Plot II. 44.
Son of John William and Amelia Thomas Atkin.
Frederick John Atkin
5th Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
19th November 1944, aged 24.
Plot II. 44.
Son of John William and Amelia Thomas Atkin.
13061795 Signalman
Harry Farrar
Royal Corps of Signals 43rd Div. Sigs,
18th December 1944, aged 27.
Grave Reference: IV.174
Son of Harry and Mary Farrar, of Silsden, Yorkshire; husband of Agnes Farrar, of Silsden
Images supplied by his Niece, Mary Walker
Harry Farrar
Royal Corps of Signals 43rd Div. Sigs,
18th December 1944, aged 27.
Grave Reference: IV.174
Son of Harry and Mary Farrar, of Silsden, Yorkshire; husband of Agnes Farrar, of Silsden
Images supplied by his Niece, Mary Walker
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Picture © Ruud Scholten
2122919 Sapper
Joseph Patrick Kelly
Royal Engineers , 204 Field Company
14th November 1944, aged 31
Plot: II. 100.
Son of Patrick and Mary Kelly; husband of Edith Annie Kelly, of Wem, Shropshire.
Lest We Forget - Sapper Joe Kelly and his everloving wife Ede.
Joseph Patrick Kelly
Royal Engineers , 204 Field Company
14th November 1944, aged 31
Plot: II. 100.
Son of Patrick and Mary Kelly; husband of Edith Annie Kelly, of Wem, Shropshire.
Lest We Forget - Sapper Joe Kelly and his everloving wife Ede.
1714970 Private
Harry Noble
4th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
23rd January 1945, aged 32.
Plot VI. 268
Son of Albert and Georgina Noble; husband of Irene A. Noble, of Dukinfield, Cheshire.
Picture courtesy of Julia Noble of Alberta, Canada, niece of this soldier
Harry Noble
4th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
23rd January 1945, aged 32.
Plot VI. 268
Son of Albert and Georgina Noble; husband of Irene A. Noble, of Dukinfield, Cheshire.
Picture courtesy of Julia Noble of Alberta, Canada, niece of this soldier
4194186 Private
Alfred Roberts
5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
27th November 1944, aged 24.
Plot IV. 182.
Husband of Mary Bethia Roberts of Polesworth, Warwickshire Father of Pauline Roberts born 1944.
Picture courtesy of Helen Riding
Alfred Roberts
5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
27th November 1944, aged 24.
Plot IV. 182.
Husband of Mary Bethia Roberts of Polesworth, Warwickshire Father of Pauline Roberts born 1944.
Picture courtesy of Helen Riding
