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CWGC CEMETERY LIST FOR IRISH GUARDS, 2ND AND 3RD BATTALIONS

NETHERLANDS

I would be very grateful if anyone could get me photos of the war graves listed below and of any Unknown Irish Guards nearby. I appreciate that time may be pressing for some who visit and would be more than happy with general views or only a few photos.

Photos received and cemeteries completed will be highlighted in green.

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These lists were created using info from Geoff’s search engine.
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Completed - photos courtesy of Forum member PhilipABRG

Cemetery: AALTEN (BERKENHOVE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Country: Netherlands
Locality: unspecified
Location Information: The town of Aalten is situated to the east of Arnhem on the N318 at the junction with the N313. From this road junction follow the N318 in the direction of Varsseveld along the ringweg. Take the sixth turning on the right, called Romienendijk, and the cemetery is on the right.
No. of Identified Casualties: 17

BREEN, THOMAS Sergeant 2716778, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 36 on 30 March 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: Joint grave 586/1.
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FRANCIS, FREDERICK VICTOR Lance Sergeant 2719797, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 27
on 30 March 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: Joint grave 586/1.
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Cemetery: ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

Completed photos courtesy of Forum member PhilipABRG

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Completed

Cemetery: BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY
Country: Netherlands
Historical Information: Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery contains 1,284 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the Second World War. 116 of the burials are unidentified. There are also seven First World War burials (one airman and six unknown sailors) and 21 war graves of other nationalities.
No. of Identified Casualties: 1189

Photos courtesy of forum member PhilipABRG

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GRAYSTON, CHRISTOPHER WALKER, Lance Serjeant 2721896, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 01 October 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: 25. A. 5.
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BRACEGIRDLE, HENRY Guardsman 2724349, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 18 on 30 September 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: 25. A. 6.
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Completed photo courtesy of Forum member Philip

Cemetery: EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY
Country: Netherlands

Historical Information: Almost four-fifths of the men buried here belonged to the air forces, and lost their lives in raids over this part of Holland or in returning from Germany, between 1941 and 1944. Men of the land forces who are buried here died between September 1944 and May 1945. The 79th and 86th British General Hospitals were located at Eindhoven during almost all that period. There are now nearly 700, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
No. of Identified Casualties: 679

HOLMES, RAYMOND, Guardsman 14673282, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 02 October 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot KK. Grave 138.
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Cemetery: ENSCHEDE EASTERN GENERAL CEMETERY
http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=54229&mode=1
Country: Netherlands
Visiting Information: Please note that this cemetery closes at 16.00. Location Information: Enchede is a large town in the Province of Overijssel, in the north-eastern part of the Netherlands, close to the German border. The cemetery is located in Noord Esmarkerrondweg opposite Lipperkerkstraat, on the eastern side of the town. The entrance is opposite a tyre replacement firm. The Second World War Commonwealth Plot is in the north-western part of the cemetery. The First World War Commonwealth Plot will be found by turning right past the building and following the first gravel path to Plot 12.
Historical Information: Enschede Eastern General Cemetery contains 11 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. Second World War burials number 50, about half of them airmen, the rest members of the Commonwealth land forces, killed in the final stages of the war in Holland.
No. of Identified Casualties: 59

HARRIGAN, JAMES PATRICK Sergeant 2720971, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 36 on 02 April 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 203A.
BERRY, ALBERT Guardsman 2722582, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards died age 30 on 01 April 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 204A.
ALBON, MAURICE BRIAN Guardsman 2724774, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 18 on 02 April 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 205A.

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Completed - Photo courtesy of Forum member PhilipABRG

Cemetery: 's GRAVENZANDE GENERAL CEMETERY
http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=54240&mode=1
Historical Information: 's Gravenzande General Cemetery contains 112 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 97 of them are unidentified, and many of them sailors and marines killed on 22 September 1914 with the loss of the vessels "Cressy", "Hogue" and "Aboukir". 59 of these burials were brought into the cemetery from seven other burial grounds on the coast of south Holland and the islands near Rotterdam. There are also three burials of the Second World War, one of which is unidentified.
No. of Identified Casualties: 17

STEWART, GEORGE Lance Corporal 2718967, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 19 on 14 May 1940
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave.
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http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=2635538

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Completed - Photo courtesy of Forum member PhilipABRG

Cemetery: GROENLO ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2062233&mode=1
Country: Netherlands
Location Information: Groenlo is a village lying about 65 kilometres east-north-east of Arnhem and 35 kilometres south-east of Zutphen, on the road to Winterswijk. The cemetery is on the southern outskirts of Groenlo. It lies about 455 metres from the centre of the village on the western side of the road to Lievelde. The war graves are in the north-eastern part except one which is near the north-western boundary.
No. of Identified Casualties: 6

STIMPSON, DENNIS ALFRED Guardsman 2722018, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 24 on 02 April 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: Plot EB. Row 1. Grave A1.
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http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=2648054

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Cemetery: GROESBEEK MEMORIAL
http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2063700&mode=1
Country: Netherlands
Historical Information: Allied forces entered the Netherlands on 12 September 1944. Airborne operations later that month established a bridgehead at Nijmegen and in the following months, coastal areas and ports were cleared and secured, but it was not until the German initiated offensive in the Ardennes had been repulsed that the drive into Germany could begin. Most of those buried in GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY were Canadians, many of whom died in the Battle of the Rhineland, when the 2nd and 3rd Canadian Infantry Divisions and the 4th Canadian Armoured Division took part in the drive southwards from Nijmegen to clear the territory between the Maas and the Rhine in February and March 1945. Others buried here died earlier or later in the southern part of the Netherlands and in the Rhineland. The cemetery contains 2,610 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, and nine war graves of other nationalities. Within the cemetery stands the GROESBEEK MEMORIAL, which commemorates by name more than 1,000 members of the Commonwealth land forces who died during the campaign in north-west Europe between the time of crossing the Seine at the end of August 1944 and the end of the war in Europe, and whose graves are not known.
No. of Identified Casualties: 1030

BOSTON, CYRIL Guardsman 2723282, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 24 on 25 September 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
CASHON, EDWARD Lance Serjeant 2720079, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 24 on 17 September 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
CLARKE, THOMAS GEORGE Guardsman 2719127, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 26 on 17 September 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
DEEHAN, THOMAS JOHN Guardsman 2722792, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 23 on 17 September 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
FANNING, MICHAEL Guardsman 2718741, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 28 on 21 September 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
FRAIN, ANDREW FRANCIS, Guardsman 2719622, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 27 on 02 October 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
HENDERSON, CYRIL, Guardsman 2720683, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 07 December 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
MAXWELL, WILLIAM ALEXANDER Guardsman 14678822, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 02 October 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
McGOVERN, THOMAS JAMES Guardsman 2718054, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 28 on 17 September 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
NAY, DONALD Lance Corporal 2721140, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 23 on 17 September 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
ROBINSON, ROBERT Guardsman 2723635, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 19 on 17 September 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
THOMAS, JAMES Guardsman 2723252, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 22 on 21 September 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
THORNLEY, JOHN CHARLES Guardsman 2723262, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 20 on 01 October 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
WALKER, EDWARD ARMISTICE Lance Corporal 2722995, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 25 on 02 October 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
WATERHOUSE, RICHARD Guardsman 2721799, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 32 on 21 September 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
WILDMAN, ERNEST CALVERT Lance Serjeant 2720300, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 27 on 17 September 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
WOOD, JAMES Guardsman 2723582, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 23 on 17 September 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.
YOUNG, WILLIAM Guardsman 2723212, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 21 on 17 September 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 3.

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Completed - photos courtesy of forum member PhilipABRG

Cemetery: HOOK OF HOLLAND GENERAL CEMETERY
http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2061125&mode=1

BOLGER, THOMAS Guardsman 2717655, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards died age 26 on 14 May 1940
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row F. Coll. grave 58-60.
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BURKE, JAMES THOMAS Guardsman 2717202, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards died age 31 on 13 May 1940
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row. F. Coll. grave 58-60.
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CARROLL, PATRICK Lance Corporal 2717392, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards died age 30 on 13 May 1940
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row F. Coll. grave 58-60.
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HAYES, JAMES WILLIAM Guardsman 6654626, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 24 on 13 May 1940
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row F. Coll. grave 58-60.
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MURPHY, THOMAS Guardsman 2719871, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 23 on 14 May 1940
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row F. Coll. grave 58-60.
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PARKER, LEONARD RICHARD Lance Serjeant 2717456, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 28 on 13 May 1940
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row F. Coll. grave 58-60.
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POWER, THOMAS Guardsman 2717586, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 27 on 13 May 1940
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row F. Coll. grave 58-60.
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STEWART, JOHN REGINALD Guardsman 2716746, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 32 on 14 May 1940
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row F. Coll. grave 58-60.
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Two Welsh Guardsmen are also buried in the same Coll grave 58-60

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Guardsman ARTHUR WILLIAM CORNELIUS 2733663, 2nd Bn., Welsh Guards who died age 25 on 13 May 1940
Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Thomas Cornelius, of Swansea.
Remembered with honour HOOK OF HOLLAND GENERAL CEMETERY

Guardsman REGINALD ALFRED WILLIAM MEECHEM 2733122, 2nd Bn., Welsh Guards who died age 28 on 13 May 1940
Son of Alfred and Florence Meechem; husband of Edith Maud Meechem, of Llandaff North, Glamorgan.
Remembered with honour HOOK OF HOLLAND GENERAL CEMETERY

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Cemetery: JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2062100&mode=1
Country: Netherlands
Historical Information: The Netherlands fell to the Germans in May 1940 and was not re-entered by Allied forces until September 1944. Nijmegen was a front line town from 17 September 1944 until February 1945. The cemetery, which was created by No. 3 Casualty Clearing station, is in a wooded area known as Jonkers Bosch, from which it took its name. Jonkerbos War Cemetery contains 1,629 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 99 of them unidentified, and 13 war graves of other nationalities.
No. of Identified Casualties: 1543

DOYLE, WILLIAM JAMES Guardsman 14441956, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 25 on 01 October 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: 13. C. 7.


Photos courtesy of Forum member PhilipABRG

KENT, FRED Guardsman 2722363, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 34 on 15 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: 18. A. 3.
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DULLARD, PATRICK Lance Sergeant 2716800, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 34 on 25 October 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: 18. A. 5.
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SARSFIELD-HALL, PATRICK GEOFFREY EDWARD, Lieutenant 228328, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 22 on 28 October 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: 18. A. 6.
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GILHAM, LESLIE JOHN Guardsman 14679953, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 01 October 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: 18. A. 7.
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O'NEILL, THOMAS C. Lance Serjeant 2720233, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died on 20 September 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: 18. B. 4.
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PEMBERTON, PETER Guardsman 14677526, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 22 September 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: 18. B. 7.
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MEDLEY, PATRICK JOHN Guardsman 2719049, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 28 on 22 September 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: 18. B. 8.
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MARLER, CHARLES HENRY JOHN Guardsman 2722006, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 01 October 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: 18. C. 2.
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GALE, JAMES ALFRED Guardsman 2723527, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 20 on 22 September 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. A. 7.
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MULLEN, WILLIAM JOHN Serjeant 2719369, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 36 on 03 November 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. B. 7.
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ROURKE, WILLIAM Guardsman 2720320, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 27 on 29 September 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. C. 6.
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SAMPEY, THOMAS, Guardsman 2720546, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 30 on 03 October 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. D. 2.
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WATTS, ALFRED JOHN, Guardsman 2720212, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 26 on 04 October 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. D. 3.
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POTTER, JOSEPH, Lance Serjeant 2722319, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 27 on 15 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. E. 8.
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SMITH, STANLEY ERIC THOMAS Guardsman 2724018, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 23 on 14 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. F. 2.
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OWTRAM, RICHARD MICHAEL, Guardsman 2722863, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 23 on 15 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. F. 3.
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DUNNE, MICHAEL, Serjeant, 3 times Mentioned in Despatches 2718093, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 33 on 15 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. F. 7.
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DOWNEY, WILLIAM, Guardsman 2724254, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 29 on 24 September 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: 22. G. 8.
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Cemetery: MAARHEEZE (STERKSEL MONASTERY) CEMETERY
Country: Netherlands
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: Parking is available for most visitors able to walk from the Monastery to the cemetery itself. For disabled visitors access to the cemetery entrance by car is possible by driving through the Hospital site. Wheelchair access to the cemetery is possible via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200.
Location Information: Sterksel is a village approximately 20 kilometres south east of Eindhoven. The Cemetery is best approached via the villages of Geldrop and Heeze, which lie to the east of Eindhoven. Approximately 4 kilometres south of the village of Heeze before entering Sterksel lies the signpost indicating the left hand turning to the cemetery in the Albertlaan. The vistors car park is at the end of the Albertlaan. From the car park follow the path that runs to the right along the front of the building and past the football field, turn right into the beech avenue and the cemetery is along here on the left.
Historical Information: The cemetery is within the grounds of the Monastery, which was used as a hospital by the British Army from September 18th, 1944, for about a year.
No. of Identified Casualties: 42

LALLY, JOHN PATRICK Lance Corporal 2723077, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 09 October 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row A. Grave 4.

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Cemetery: MILSBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Country: Netherlands
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: Wheelchair access possible via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on 01628 507200.
Location Information: 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.
Historical Information: The Netherlands fell to the Germans in May 1940 and was not re-entered by Allied forces until September 1944. With a few exceptions, 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

LYONS, JOHN JOSEPH, Serjeant 2717698, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 6.
UNSWORTH, THOMAS, Lance Serjeant 2719613, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 34 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 7.
PENFOLD, JOHN, Guardsman 2724283, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 20 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 8.
ALLBUTT, LESLIE LEONARD, Guardsman 2724407, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 1.
TORR, STANLEY JAMES Guardsman 2724288, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 2.
HUBBARD, ERIC RONALD, Guardsman 2724279, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 3.
KENNEDY, DARBY MICHAEL, Major, M.C., 94576, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 4.
FISHER-ROWE, GUY EDWARD, Major 102718, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. D. 5.
STEPHENSON, THOMAS HENRY T H Lance Corporal 14665889, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 28 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 1.
SMITH, STANLEY JOHN, Guardsman 2722871, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 3.
KELLY, CLIFFORD, Guardsman 2719839, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 4.
ORMOND, JOHN MICHAEL Guardsman 2723438, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 21 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 5.
MURRAY, JAMES ALFRED, Lance Corporal 2723538, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 6.
WILLSHAW, JACK, Lance Corporal 2722238, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 31 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 7.
IFOULD, JOHN ARTHUR, Guardsman 2724336, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 8.
GILES, GILBERT GEORGE, Guardsman 2724458, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 32 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 9.
BOLAND, MICHAEL PATRICK, Guardsman 2721083, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 10.
POOK, WALTER EDWARD Guardsman 2724202, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 22 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 11.
KEEN, ALBERT LEONARD, Guardsman 14581944, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 24 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 12.
LAYDE, REDMOND, Lance Corporal 2723768, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 21 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 13.
PAVEY, ERNEST WALTER Guardsman 14680268, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 21 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 14.
KANE, JAMES, Lance Corporal 2717050, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 36 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 15.
PENNINGTON, THOMAS Guardsman 2720550, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 28 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. G. 5.
FOLLIS, ARTHUR JAMES Guardsman 2719918, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 23 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. G. 6.
MYERS, GORDON, Lance Serjeant 2722988, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 23 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. G. 8.
ASHWORTH, EDWARD, Guardsman 2722895, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 25 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. G. 9.
GILMORE, GEORGE, Lance Corporal 2717800, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 29 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. G. 10.
BOSWELL, THOMAS, Lance Serjeant 2721313, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 29 on 14 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. B. 3.
ASHTON, JOHN, Serjeant 2721176, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 26 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. B. 4.
BARRY, GERALD, Guardsman 2722072, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 36 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. B. 5.
KEATINGE, WILLIAM ALFRED Guardsman 2722891, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 23 on 15 February 1945
Son of William and Sophia Keatinge, of Liverpool.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. B. 6.
WHITE, HENRY, Lance Corporal 2722121, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 31 on 14 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. C. 13.
VENN, THOMAS Guardsman 14669019, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 21 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. C. 14.

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Cemetery: MOOK WAR CEMETERY
Country: Netherlands
Historical Information: The village was entered by parachutists of the 82nd U.S. Airborne Division on 17th September, 1944; fighting continued in and around the village for four or five days until British armoured troops completed its liberation. The men buried in this cemetery died for the most part either during the fighting in the vicinity in September and October 1944, or at the time of the advance into Germany in February 1945; a few were casualties during the intervening period of artillery and patrol activity. There are now 311, 1939-1945 Commonwealth war casualties commemorated in this site, of these 15 are unidentified. Also commemorated here are 11 Foreign National casualties.
No. of Identified Casualties: 307

BROWN, ARTHUR THOMAS, Guardsman 2724382, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 18 on 05 March 1945
Son of David and Ellen Brown, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 9.
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HEWITT, JAMES EDWARD Guardsman 2720527, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 25 on 05 March 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 16.
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FEARNYOUGH, JOHN WILLIAM Guardsman 2723100, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 28 on 05 March 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 19.
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GREENALL, HARRY EDWARD Guardsman2723676, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 19 on 06 March 1945
Son of Harry and Esther Greenall, of Wallasey, Cheshire.
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. C. 20.
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DOYLE, JAMES AUGUSTINE Guardsman 14436399, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 20 on 21 February 1945
Son of James and Mary Ellen Doyle, of Dublin, Irish Republic.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. C. 20.
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BURTON, JOSEPH Guardsman 2722889, [3rd Bn., according to the IG History], Irish Guards died age 23 on 21 February 1945
Son of Joseph and Annie Burton, of Carshalton, Surrey.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. C. 21.
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SEPHTON, JAMES, Guardsman 2724075, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 16 February 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 15.
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Cemetery: SITTARD WAR CEMETERY
Country: Netherlands
Locality: unspecified
Location Information: Sittard lies on the main road from Maastricht to Roermond, 19 kilometres north east of Maastricht and 29 kilometres south west of Roermond. From Maastricht the E25 leads north east towards Lindelheuvel. From Lindelheuvel lies the right hand turning towards Sittard (5 kilometres). The cemetery is located approximately 1.5 kilometres from the town centre on a road called Kromstraat, a road leading from the Rijksweg Zuid. The cemetery can also be reached from a road leading from the N276 at the junction of the road running between Sittard and Geleen. At this junction follow the direction towards Sittard itself. Alternatively, approaching from the centre of Sittard follow the road towards Geleen. The cemetery is signposted thereafter.
Historical Information: The burials in the cemetery, apart from a few dating from November 1944, are almost all from the months of January and February 1945. The men buried here belong mostly to the Scottish regiments of the 52nd (Lowland) Division, engaged in the battle in this vicinity from 18th to 24th January 1945, which had as its object the clearing of a salient west of the River Roer which was still held by the Germans. There are now over 230 1939-1945 War casualties commemorated in this site.
No. of Identified Casualties: 233

GROGAN, MAURICE, Guardsman 2723878, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 19 on 15 November 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: L. 3.
WHATMOUGH, ALBERT EDWARD, Guardsman 2722365, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 34 on 18 November 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: L. 6.
ROUEN, ANTHONY Guardsman 14690376, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 20 on 20 November 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: L. 10.
MATTHEWS, THOMAS, Serjeant 2721847, 3rd Bn., Irish Guards died age 28 on 25 November 1944
Grave/Memorial Reference: L. 11.

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Cemetery: VALKENSWAARD WAR CEMETERY

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Cemetery: VENRAY WAR CEMETERY
http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2004300&mode=1
Country: Netherlands
Location Information: Venray is located 40 kilometres east of Eindhoven in the south east province of Limburg on the N270. At the junction with the N553 follow the N553 towards the centre and at the first crossroads turn left into Zuidsingel. Follow this road and the cemetery is signposted to the left along Hoenderstraat. Turn into Hoenderstraat and the cemetery is along here on the right, past all the houses.
Historical Information: The Netherlands fell to the Germans in May 1940 and was not re-entered by Allied forces until September 1944. The town of Venray was liberated by Allied troops in the middle of October 1944, and the burials in the cemetery date from October 1944 to March 1945. Venray War Cemetery contains 692 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 30 of them unidentified, and one Polish burial.
No. of Identified Casualties: 663

McGEE, P J Guardsman 2723758, 2nd Bn., Irish Guards who died age 24 on 09 May 1945
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. D. 13.

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Youre Welcome, yes I noticed, so always handy when visit the place itself, same for you as for Spidge, Groesbeek and jonkerbos are next on the list
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