Canadian War Cemeteries in Netherlands

The Canadian War Cemeteries are kept immaculate. The care of the Dutch people ensures that the memory of those men will be honored forever. In southwest Netherlands is Bergen op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, where 968 Canadians are buried; casualties of the Battle of the Scheldt. Near Nijmegen in eastern Netherlands is Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, where 2,300 Canadians rest and another 103 are memorialized since they have no known graves. North of the City of Holten in northeast Netherland is the Holten Canadian War Cemetery, where 1,355 Canadians are buried, most of whom were killed in the later stages of the war.
Canadians who died in the Netherlands are also buried at the Reichwald Forest Cemetery in Germany (706 RCAF and 1 soldier), the Rheinberg War Cemetery in Germany (516), and the Adegem Canadian Way Cemetery in Belgium (848 mostly from the Battle of the Scheldt).
The cost of De Bevrijding was high. Canadians are proud of their role. The Dutch will never forget. It can be summed by the inscription on the memorial at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery “We live in the hearts of friends for whom we died.”

Lest We Forget.