Graves at Wilp, Holland May, 1945

48th cemetery at Wilp, Holland – May 1945

Photo of crosses at Wilp Cemetery, May 1945.B147975 Pte Pope H.D., B135716 Pte CASS, GHC.  P0609. The 1st Battalion had held a ceremony on 26 April to honour those Highlanders who died in Operation Cannonshot, the liberation of Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. Nineteen Highlanders, including the Commanding Officer, LCol Donald A, Mackenzie, DSO, DSC,  were buried on the dyke at Wilp, the town nearest the crossing of the Ijssel River in the first phase of the Operation. The cemetery was relocated to the Canadian Military Cemetery at Holten after the war.

Classification
Images
Era
1939 – 1945 (WW 2)
Location of artifact
Binder 3, Research Room Shelf
Associated place
Holland, Wilp
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