VLIJMEN ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD
Noord-Brabant
Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.69692, Longitude: 5.22316
Location Information
Vlijmen is a village on the main 'S-Hertogenbosch Waalwijk road, about 3 kilometres west of 'S-Hertogenbosch. The churchyard is around the village church, which is in the centre of Vlijmen. The 2 British graves are in the south-eastern portion.
Burial Details
6095664 Private William O'Brien, 1/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died 7th November 1944, aged 29.
7685001 Lance Corporal John Steele, 7 Armoured Divisional Provost Company, Corps of Military Police, died 6th November 1944, aged 29. Son of Joseph and Florence Steele, of Wednesbury, Staffordshire; husband of Enid Steele, of Wednesbury. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
Vlijmen is a village on the main 'S-Hertogenbosch Waalwijk road, about 3 kilometres west of 'S-Hertogenbosch. The churchyard is around the village church, which is in the centre of Vlijmen. The 2 British graves are in the south-eastern portion.
Burial Details
6095664 Private William O'Brien, 1/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died 7th November 1944, aged 29.
7685001 Lance Corporal John Steele, 7 Armoured Divisional Provost Company, Corps of Military Police, died 6th November 1944, aged 29. Son of Joseph and Florence Steele, of Wednesbury, Staffordshire; husband of Enid Steele, of Wednesbury. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
