Location Information

Wijk-bij-Duurstede is 27 kilometres south-east of Utrecht, and 45 kilometres east of Arnhem. 

This cemetery is about 100 metres from the centre of the village, on the road to Houten. In its north-eastern part are the graves of 4 British soldiers, and in the south-eastern part are the graves of 3 British soldiers. Three of the seven are not identified.

3 unknown men are buried in the Cemetery as a result of the fighting in the Arnhem-Oosterbeek area from 17th September 1944-26th September 1944.. They were all recovered from the Rhine.

Although all the graves are marked 25-09-1944, the bodies were recovered from the river on 15-11-1944. One of them is most likely a member of the 7th KOSB.