Brunssum war Cemetery

[warcembrsm]

It would be nice, if you can place a link to my website about the
Brunssum War Cemetery.
The address is:
http://www.deruudsite.eu/war_cemetery.htm
Best Wishes for 2009

Kind regards,

Ruud Scholten
Web Master Brunssum War Cemetery.

[harribobs]

Hi Ruud

we'd be very happy to place a link on the main site

and if you have a look at the war graves section on this forum, we'd be very interested in any Manchesters buried there

cheers
chris

[timberman]

Hi Warcembrsm

Welcome to the forum.

You have a great site there. A bit of History from the CWGC site.

Cemetery:   BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY
Country:   Netherlands
Locality:   unspecified
Visiting Information:   Wheelchair access to site possible, but may be by an alternative entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200.
Location Information:   Brunssum is a town close to the German border, approximately 35 kilometres north east of Maastricht and 11 kilometres south east of Sittard in the southern most portion of the Netherlands. From Sittard visitors should follow signposts for Heerlen on the N276. The N276 passes through the village of Windraak. 6 kilometres after Windraak lies the left hand turning to Brunssum, and the village lies 3 kilometres after this left hand turning. The War Cemetery is co-located with the General Cemetery in Heufstraat near the junction with Merkelbeekerstraat.
Historical Information:   Brunssum was liberated in September 1944 by U.S. forces; they were shortly afterwards followed by the British 43rd (Wessex) Division, who made their headquarters in the town, and in turn were succeeded by the 52nd (Lowland) Division. The first burials in the cemetery were made by an Advanced Dressing Station and a Casualty Clearing Station which were situated at Merkelbeek in November 1944 when the 43rd Division were engaged in clearing a triangle between the Rivers Roer and Maas. Later, other casualties were all brought back and buried in the same place; they included fifty men who were killed while clearing mines on the German border at the beginning of January 1945. Operations in the Geilenkirchen sector accounted for a great part of the casualties buried here. There are over 300 1939-1945 burials in this cemetery, they are made up entirely of soldiers of the British Army, of whom 1 remains unidentified.
No. of Identified Casualties:   327

It is a WW2 cemetery with Manchester Soldiers buried there.

These are the only three.

Name:   BATLEY, FREDERICK
Initials:   F
Nationality:   United Kingdom
Rank:   Warrant Officer Class II (C.S.M.)
Regiment/Service:   Manchester Regiment
Unit Text:   7th Bn.
Age:   32
Date of Death:   03/02/1945
Service No:   3531291
Additional information:   Son of Arthur and Alice Batley, of Manchester; husband of Audrey Batley, of Miles Platting, Manchester.
Casualty Type:   Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:   VI. 318.

Name:   PARR, THOMAS BARRINGTON
Initials:   T B
Nationality:   United Kingdom
Rank:   Private
Regiment/Service:   Manchester Regiment
Unit Text:   7th Bn.
Age:   20
Date of Death:   30/12/1944
Service No:   14387314
Additional information:   Son of Samuel and Maud Parr, of Abertillery, Monmouthshire.
Casualty Type:   Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:   IV. 130.


Name:   PERRY, ARTHUR
Initials:   A
Nationality:   United Kingdom
Rank:   Private
Regiment/Service:   Manchester Regiment
Unit Text:   7th Bn.
Age:   21
Date of Death:   24/12/1944
Service No:   3536731
Casualty Type:   Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:   IV. 143.


Would it be possible to take photo's of the headstones for Tisgrannies War Graves on the main site I'll double check to make sure we dont have them.

Timberman