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Plaque to commemorate private Johan Kosman
(Netherlands, the - Guelders - Driel)
Plaque erected on the right side of the wall at the Roman Catholic Church at Driel.
The text on the plaque reads:
Ter roemrijke gedachtenis
Johan Kosman
Geb.18 mei 1917. Parochiaan
van Driel. Als soldaat
van het 8.R.I. in dienst van
het vaderland gesneuveld
op den grebbeberg mei 1940.
Gij allen. Die hier voorbijgaat.
Gij vooral zijn vrienden
bidt voor hem. Die zijn leven
gaf voor zijn vaderland.
Johan Kosman, was born at Groesbeek on May 18th, and lived in Driel. He was killed in action during the fightings at the Grebbeline (probably at Rhenen) on May 11th, 1940. He lies buried at the Dutch Honor Cemetery Grebbeberg, Row 6, Grave 39.
Source
- Text: Wilco Vermeer
- Photos: Wilco Vermeer (1,2) & Anneke Moerenhout (3,4)
Address and contactinformation
- Address:
- Kerkstraat 27
Driel - Website:
- www.parochiemariageboortedriel.nl
- WWII grade:
- 100%
- Rating:
- 20%
Where is it?
Nearby (help)
Museum
- Betuws War Museum "The Island" 1944-1945
- Historical Museum Grenadiers and Hunters
- Exposition Glider Collection Wolfheze
Point of interest
Monument
- Memorial 7th Battalion Royal Hampshire Regiment Driel
- Airborne Memorial Heelsum
- Liberation Route Marker 28
Cemetery
- Grave Resistance Fighter Oosterbeek
- Dutch War Graves Oosterbeek
- Commonwealth War Cemetery Arnhem Oosterbeek






