War Cemetery Mierlo is a Commonwealth field of honor at 68 Geldropseweg, east of the Dutch village of Mierlo

Mierlo

Mierlo is a town in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. Until 2004, it was a separate municipality that covers an area of . It is now part of Geldrop-Mierlo. Mierlo is home to a few interesting buildings, for example the old Council house and the Windmill in the centre of...

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The field came into existence in the spring of 1945, around the end of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

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Most victims buried there died in the period September to November 1944, mostly in the region south and west of the river Meuse and, more to the west, during fighting for the Scheldt

Scheldt

The Scheldt is a 350 km long river in northern France, western Belgium and the southwestern part of the Netherlands...

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The graves are arranged in 8 sections (numbered 1 to 8) with 6 or 7 rows in each section (A to F or G).
A register and a guest book are present at the entrance.

The Cross of Sacrifice at the cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield

Reginald Blomfield

Sir Reginald Theodore Blomfield was a prolific British architect, garden designer and author of the Victorian and Edwardian period.- Early life and career :...

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It is made of stone, with a bronze sword.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves, and places of commemoration, of Commonwealth of Nations military service members who died in the two World Wars...

is responsible for the cemetery.

The dead

The number of fallen in the cemetery is 665, of which 664 are soldiers of the Commonwealth of Nations

Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...

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The identity of seven dead is unknown.
One Dutch soldier is buried in the cemetery: soldier G.M. Stönner of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Brigade 'Prinses Irene'

Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade

During the Second World War the Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade was a military unit initially formed from approximately 1500 Dutch troops, including a small group guarding German POWs, who arrived in the United Kingdom in May 1940 following the collapse of the Netherlands...

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An employee of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission was also buried here, in 1982.

Country	Army		Air Force	Total
	known	unknown		known	unknown	total
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	635	7	13	648	7	655
Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...			5	5		5
Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	3		1	4		4
The Netherlands	1			1		1
Total	639	7	19	658	7	665

Photographs

External link

• Mierlo War Cemetery on the website of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission