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In het weekend van 12 en 13 Oktober vieren wij de 80jarige herdenking van de bevrijding van Overloon. Voor het volledige programma bezoek onze website: https://t.co/XLfQwZHTph
#slagomoverloon #landvancuijk #warcemetery #oorlogsbegraafplaats

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I am pleased to introduce myself as the new chairman of the Overloon War Chronicles Foundation. In this role, I bring a useful combination of experiences as a Lebanon veteran, former Ministry of Defence employee and several administrative roles. Read more https://t.co/6yBW1IVOb9

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Last week we had impressive guided tours at the Overloon War Cemetery. Despite changeable weather, visitors kept coming to experience the history of this special place. #wargravesweek #warcemetery #oorlogsbegraafplaats #overloon #landvancuijk
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Read the extraordinary life story of Padraig Culligan and his family, as well as the enormous efforts made at the time in 1944 to hastily build the small airfield at Mill and Langenboom with the help of local people.
https://t.co/tJe9ua2exC
#266squadron #RAF #landvancuijk

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On Christmas Eve Overloon War Chronicles Foundation together with veterans, will place candles at all the war graves in Overloon and Land van Cuijk. We invite you to a special Christmas gathering in Overloon at 15.30 at the war cemetery.
#lichtjesopoorlogsgraven #landvancuijk

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This Saturday 14 October 2023 marks exactly 79 years since the liberation of Overloon. We commemorate the servicemen who died for our freedom and are buried at the war cemetery in Overloon by placing their photo's at the graves.
#Overloon #landvancuijk #slagomoverloon

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Overloon War Chronicles presents two presentations about the war in Overloon. One about the life of the inhabitants and one about the week of the Americans. Read our website for the program: https://t.co/TVknz3NJBU
#overloon #landvancuijk #tweedewereldoorlog

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An extraordinary story about air gunner Edward Cornelius Martin Swart, a British man with Dutch roots, with a fatal ending in Germany. He is buried at Overloon War Cemetery.

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#Overloon #overloonwarchronicles #airgunner #WW2

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Do you have a relative who was a #POW in #WW2 or the Spanish Civil War? On Monday morning, you can apply for free for their file in the Red Cross archives. For more info, read my article here:
https://t.co/YOIvU75gEp
#familyhistory #genealogy #ancestry

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Beautiful morning to present the CWGC War Graves Week 2023 at Overloon War Cemetery, the Netherlands. Another presentation will be held, this Monday 22nd of May at 19.00 pm.
#WarGravesWeek #CWGC #Overloon #Overloonwarchronicles #landvancuijk

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Wil je een rondleiding bijwonen en persoonlijke verhalen horen over de militairen van Overloon War Cemetery tijdens de "War Graves Week" van het #CWGC meldt je dan aan via de links in ons nieuwsbericht.
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#WarGravesWeek #Overloon #landvancuijk

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Major Terence Greenall and Sergeant Frank Reed driving a Humber MII scout car, hit a German mine, near #groeningen and #vierlingsbeek with terrible consequences. Read their impressive story on our website: https://t.co/9TmbNeuAbT

#overloonwarcemetery #CWGC

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Overloon War Chronicles Foundation will post photos of all the faces known so far at the graves in Overloon on 4 & 5 May. Thanks to the intensive search by various researchers, more than half of the 281 photos have already been found.
#warcemetery #remembranceday #netherlands

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Today we bring to your attention the story about the brave aircrew who set out to bomb a large chemical plant in Leuna Germany during World War II.
Read the biography of Arthur Leonard and George Dennis https://t.co/9pHcPaL4TN

#LancasterNG251 #WW2 #RoyalAirForce

[Overloonwarchronicles @OWChronicles]

Poem on his birthday:
Amidst the fields of green and gold
Where once the battles fiercely rolled
Now rests a place of hallowed ground
Where heroes sleep, forever bound.
On this day of love, let us not forget
Those who fought without regret.
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#warcemetery

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We are proud to announce that our website about the servicemen buried at #Overloon War Cemetery is now also available in English. We hope this addition will make our website even more accessible to a wider audience! #warcemetery #landvancuijk
https://t.co/eLFRaJeKK0

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Remembering today, also in Amsterdam, the many victims who died at camps like Auschwitz. Many inhabitants, relatives of the victims and survivors of the camps attended the ceremony.
https://t.co/Fj5oCbDG20

#HolocaustMemorialDay #Amsterdam #lestnotforget

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Aylmer Jeremy Penrose speelde cricket en voetbal, turnde, liep en zwom voor het Winchester College. Hij tekende en schilderde en studeerde architectuur. Wat liep zijn leven anders toen hij zich aanmeldde bij het Britse leger. Lees zijn biografie:
https://t.co/Xn1NxW2dmX

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@underkoffer Could it be the Hillegardeskerk bij blommendijkselaan in Rotterdam? It was suggested after a search by one of our team colleagues who got this answer https://t.co/307bcLQNud