| Milsbeek War Cemetery |
| Limburg, Netherlands |
Pictures courtesy of Conrad Freeling
| Milsbeek is a village 15 kilometres
from Nijmegen. Leave the A73 at the junction Overasselt-Mook-Groesbeek in
the direction of Mook along the N271. 8 kilometres after passing through the
village of Mook lies the village of Milsbeek. Signposts in Milsbeek indicate
the direction of the church with the Commission cemetery at the rear of the
churchyard. Signposts direct visitors from the N271 Rijksweg onto the
Zwarteweg. Turning left at the second road junction leads onto the Pastoor
Hoefnagelstraat. At the end of this road turn right into Kerkstraat and the
cemetery is behind the church on your left.
The Netherlands fell to the Germans in May 1940 and was not re-entered by Allied forces until September 1944. With a few exeptions, burials at Milsbeek War Cemetery date from February and March 1945, the days of the advance into Germany. They include men from the 51st (Highland) Division, the 52nd (Lowland) Division, and the 3rd Battalion Irish Guards. The cemetery contains 210 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. No. of Identified Casualties: 210 |
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