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WIJK-EN-AALBURG GENERAL CEMETERY

Noord-Brabant

The Netherlands

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.75874, Longitude: 5.11648

Location Information

Wijk-en-Aalburg is a small village 13 kilometres south-east of Gorinchem, and 16 kilometres north-west of 's-Hertogenbosch. The cemetery is 1 kilometre west of the village centre and the church. In the eastern portion are the graves of an airman of the Royal Air Force and a Canadian soldier.

Burial Details

G/1957 Private Joseph Normand Robichaud, Lincoln and Welland Regiment, R.C.I.C., died 11th December 1944, aged 19.
Son of George and Madelaine Robichaud, of Campbelton, New Brunswick, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription " Always Remembered By Mother, Father, Brother And Sisters"

1568795 Sergeant Francis Tough, 10 Squadron, 
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 21st July 1944, aged 22. 
Son of John and Marjory Lumsden Tough, of Tain, Ross and Cromarty. His headstone bears the inscription " At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Wijk-en-Aalburg General Cemetery
Wijk-en-Aalburg General Cemetery
Wijk-en-Aalburg General Cemetery
Wijk-en-Aalburg General Cemetery
Wijk-en-Aalburg General Cemetery
Wijk-en-Aalburg General Cemetery
Wijk-en-Aalburg General Cemetery
Wijk-en-Aalburg General Cemetery
Wijk-en-Aalburg General Cemetery

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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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