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Grave Civilian Casualties Deest

(Netherlands, the - Guelders - Deest)

On the Roman Catholic Cemetery Parochie Maria onbevlekt ontvangen in Deest is a plot with graves of civilian victims who died on February 8th 1945. On February 8th Deest was hit by a German V1 flying bomb. The bomb hit on a farm on the corner of Grotestraat - Wethouder Breunsstraat. This impact killed 10 people, including three British soldiers.

There is also a grave of a civilian victim who was killed on November 3th 1944.

The inhabitants of Deest who died during the Second World War are commemorated on the war memorial in Deest. [Url = "http://www.ww2museums.com/artikel/13288/Oorlogsmonument-Deest.htm"] Click here [/ url] to go to the article of the war memorial in Deest.

Source

• Text: Paul Moerenhout
• Photos: Anneke Moerenhout