GEMERT WAR MEMORIAL GRAVE
Noord-Brabant
The Netherlands
GPS coordinates: Latitude: 51.55386, Longitude: 5.68212
Location Information
Gemert is 7 kilometres south of 'S-Hertogenbosch. The village War Memorial is in the grounds of the Roman Catholic Monastery and overlooks the village square. In a vault beneath this memorial 1 British soldier is buried, alongside three Dutch soldiers.
Gemert is 7 kilometres south of 'S-Hertogenbosch. The village War Memorial is in the grounds of the Roman Catholic Monastery and overlooks the village square. In a vault beneath this memorial 1 British soldier is buried, alongside three Dutch soldiers.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
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Peter Roderick Morris
Royal Dragoons, Royal Armoured Corps
11th December 1944, aged 19.
Son of Laban and Nellie Morris, of Abertridwr, Glamorgan.
Peter was involved in a crash on the Beek en Donk–Gemert road. Standing in the turret of an armoured vehicle, it collided with a car that was stationary in a bend on the road. The vehicle overturned and Morris was instantly killed.
Peter Roderick Morris
Royal Dragoons, Royal Armoured Corps
11th December 1944, aged 19.
Son of Laban and Nellie Morris, of Abertridwr, Glamorgan.
Peter was involved in a crash on the Beek en Donk–Gemert road. Standing in the turret of an armoured vehicle, it collided with a car that was stationary in a bend on the road. The vehicle overturned and Morris was instantly killed.
