SPRANG CAPELLE (CAPELLE) GENERAL CEMETERY
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SPRANG-CAPELLE MONUMENT SLAG KAPELSCHE VEER
Noord-Brabant
Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.67845, Longitude: 4.99016
Location Information
Capelle is a small village 16 kilometres north of Tilburg and 25 kilometres west of 'S-Hertogenbosch.
The cemetery is 1 kilometre north-east of Capelle, on the north side of the road to Waspik, and the British grave is in the southern part of the cemetery.
Burial Details
Lieutenant Ian William Adam, No. 47 Royal Marine Commando, Royal Marines, died 14th January 1945, aged 19. Son of William Alexander Adam and Mary Louise Adam, of Haywards Heath, Sussex.
Capelle is a small village 16 kilometres north of Tilburg and 25 kilometres west of 'S-Hertogenbosch.
The cemetery is 1 kilometre north-east of Capelle, on the north side of the road to Waspik, and the British grave is in the southern part of the cemetery.
Burial Details
Lieutenant Ian William Adam, No. 47 Royal Marine Commando, Royal Marines, died 14th January 1945, aged 19. Son of William Alexander Adam and Mary Louise Adam, of Haywards Heath, Sussex.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
SPRANG-CAPELLE MONUMENT SLAG KAPELSCHE VEER
GPS Coordinates: 51.713961 , +4.983215
Image © Johan Pauwels
Location Information
The address for the monument is Veerweg, 5161 PC Sprang-Kapelle and commemorates Polish, Canadian, Belgian , Norwegian and Dutch soldiers.
Historical Information
After the Allied advance from Normandy in 1944, the Bergsche Maas formed the border between the liberated and occupied Netherlands. A large part of this Meuse front was guarded by the 1st Polish Armored Division. Many Polish soldiers were billeted with the local population. Immediately after the liberation on October 30, 1944, German troops crossed the Bergsche Maas here a number of times to finally set up a bridgehead on this spot, from December 8th. On December 16, 1944, the Germans unleashed their last major offensive in the Ardennes. The Kapelsche Veer bridgehead seemed to play a role in this. Warned by the resistance group André, among others, the Poles attacked the beachhead. Under difficult circumstances – the polder land offered little cover – they carried out two attacks in vain. Then British and Norwegian commandos, supported by units of the 1st Polish Armored Division, mounted a third attack; even now the intended result failed to materialize. On January 31, 1945, after the deployment of Canadian infantry, tanks and artillery, the battle came to an end. In total there were about 450 Allied dead and wounded.
Information above provided by Johan Pauwels
The address for the monument is Veerweg, 5161 PC Sprang-Kapelle and commemorates Polish, Canadian, Belgian , Norwegian and Dutch soldiers.
Historical Information
After the Allied advance from Normandy in 1944, the Bergsche Maas formed the border between the liberated and occupied Netherlands. A large part of this Meuse front was guarded by the 1st Polish Armored Division. Many Polish soldiers were billeted with the local population. Immediately after the liberation on October 30, 1944, German troops crossed the Bergsche Maas here a number of times to finally set up a bridgehead on this spot, from December 8th. On December 16, 1944, the Germans unleashed their last major offensive in the Ardennes. The Kapelsche Veer bridgehead seemed to play a role in this. Warned by the resistance group André, among others, the Poles attacked the beachhead. Under difficult circumstances – the polder land offered little cover – they carried out two attacks in vain. Then British and Norwegian commandos, supported by units of the 1st Polish Armored Division, mounted a third attack; even now the intended result failed to materialize. On January 31, 1945, after the deployment of Canadian infantry, tanks and artillery, the battle came to an end. In total there were about 450 Allied dead and wounded.
Information above provided by Johan Pauwels
