Mierlo War Cemetery

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Mierlo War Cemetery

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Mierlo War Cemetery

Used for those deceased 1944–1945
Established| Spring 1945
Location| 51°26′09″N 05°35′49″E﻿ / ﻿51.43583°N 5.59694°E﻿ / 51.43583; 5.59694
near

Mierlo, Netherlands

Total burials| 665

Unknowns

| 7
Burials by nation

United Kingdom 655
Australia 5
Canada 4
Netherlands 1

Burials by war

World War II

Statistics source: Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Mierlo War Cemetery is a Second World War Commonwealth war grave cemetery, located in the village of Mierlo, 12 km (7.5 mi) east of Eindhoven in The Netherlands.[1]

## History[edit]

The cemetery was created in the spring of 1945. The majority of those buried here had fallen in battles between September and November 1944 in the region south and west of the River Meuse and during the fighting for the Scheldt estuary. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is responsible for the cemetery.[1]

The cemetery contains 658 fallen service personnel; 648 are Commonwealth soldiers (seven unidentified[citation needed]) and one Dutch grave (of G.M. Stönner of the Princess Irene Brigade).[1]

In 1982, an employee of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission was also buried in the cemetery.[citation needed]

The graves are arranged in eight sections (numbered 1 to 8), with six or seven rows in each section (A to F or G).[2]

The Cross of Sacrifice at the cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.[citation needed]

In September 2019 the cemetery was vandalized with graffiti. The damage included letters on the gravestones, a swastika in the chapel and graffiti on the Cross of Sacrifice. There was also the graffiti "MH17 lie" in reference to the shooting down of flight MH17.[3]

Country | Army | Air Force | Total

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known | unknown | known | unknown | total
United Kingdom | 635 | 7[citation needed] | 13 | 648 | 7 | 648
Australia |  |  | 5 | 5 |  | 5
Canada | 3 |  | 1 | 4 |  | 4
Netherlands | 1 |  |  | 1 |  | 1
Total | 639 | 7 | 19 | 658 | 7 | 658[a]

## Photographs[edit]

Pictures of the cemetery

* The Cross of Sacrifice

* Headstones

* Overview from left

* Overview from right

* Overview from rear

* Two headstones of unknown soldiers

* Dutchman's grave

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Total doesn't include the unknown burials as a citation cannot be found at present

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Cemetery – Mierlo War Cemetery". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
2. ^ "MMierlo War Cemetery Plan". CWGC.
3. ^ "Vandals deface British WW2 graves in Netherlands". 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2019-09-14.

## External links[edit]

* World War II portal

* Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
* Description of the monument on the website of the Dutch Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei
* Mierlo War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant at Find a Grave

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Second World War military cemeteries in the Netherlands

American|

* Netherlands American Cemetery

British|

* Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery
* Jonkerbos War Cemetery
* Mierlo War Cemetery
* Mook War Cemetery
* Uden War Cemetery
* Valkenswaard War Cemetery

Canadian|

* Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery

Dutch|

* Grebbeberg War Cemetery

German|

* Ysselsteyn German war cemetery

Cemeteries with war graves|

* Crooswijk General Cemetery
* Rusthof cemetery

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