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DRUNEN (ELSHOUT) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD

Noord-Brabant

Netherlands

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.70125, Longitude: 5.13638

Location Information

Drunen is a village and commune about 15 kilometres west of 'S-Hertogenbosch. Elshout is a small village in this commune, 3 kilometres north-west of Drunen village, and 3.5 kilometres north-east of Waalwijk. The cemetery is behind the church in the centre of Elshout. The graves are in the south-east portion.
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Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Drunen (Elshout) Roman Catholic Churchyard
Drunen (Elshout) Roman Catholic Churchyard
Drunen (Elshout) Roman Catholic Churchyard
Drunen (Elshout) Roman Catholic Churchyard
Drunen (Elshout) Roman Catholic Churchyard
Drunen (Elshout) Roman Catholic Churchyard
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J/85509 Flying Officer 
Robert Henry Jones
Pilot in 197 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
31st December 1944, aged 21. 

Son of Albert Henry and Emily E. Jones, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

​His headstone bears the inscription 
"Father In Thy Gracious Keeping Leave We Now Thy Servant Sleeping"

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Other Burial Details


CH/X 109545 Marine Herbert William Clay, 27th Bn. Royal Marines, died 5th March 1945, aged 23. Son of Clark and Ada Lucy Clay, of Doncaster, Yorkshire.
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NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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HEUSDEN (OUDHEUSDEN) PROTESTANT CHURCHYARD
EETHEN (HEESBEEN) PROTESTANT CHURCHYARD
WAALWIJK (ST. JOHANNES) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD

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Disclaimer


The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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