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Regierungsbezirk DüsseldorfRheindahlen Military Cemetery
DiscoverPlaces to seeGermanyNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Düsseldorf District
Regierungsbezirk DüsseldorfRheindahlen Military Cemetery
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Rheindahlen Military Cemetery
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Didada
November 6, 2023
Cycling
To be clear, this cemetery is not a military or war cemetery, but a cemetery for Brits. Military personnel and their families. There are so many children here because of …
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•Didada
August 31, 2022
Cycling
You have to put the whole thing into perspective. Yes, there are quite a lot of children buried here and the cemetery is run by the British Ministry of Defense BUT Wegberg Hospital has had jurisdiction over the entire British Army and their dependents and so the mothers-to-be have also been brought here.
In the course of the decades there were also some problematic cases and so many deceased children come together here.
This was not an incident and nothing special, but still a large number when you see the graves.
In the course of the decades there were also some problematic cases and so many deceased children come together here.
This was not an incident and nothing special, but still a large number when you see the graves.
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•Didada
December 15, 2021
Cycling
When you walk among the graves and read the inscriptions on the tombstones, a cold shiver runs down your spine. A not insignificant proportion of the graves are children, aged 20 minutes and several days.
The cemetery is not a war cemetery, but is maintained by the British Ministry of Defense.
The cemetery is not a war cemetery, but is maintained by the British Ministry of Defense.
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