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Valkenswaard war cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Entrance gates to the war cemetery
Used for those deceased 1944-1945
Established1944
Location51°20′58″N 5°27′28″E / 51.34944°N 5.45778°E / 51.34944; 5.45778
near 
Valkenswaard, The Netherlands
Total burials220
Burials by nation
United Kingdom 220
Burials by war
World War II: 220
Statistics source: Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Valkenswaard war cemetery is a Second World War military war grave cemetery, located in the village of Valkenswaard, 12 km (7.5 mi) south of Eindhoven in The Netherlands. It contains British soldiers killed during the Allied push into the Netherlands during the autumn and winter of 1944.[1]

216 identified British service personnel are interred in the cemetery and a further four are unidentified.

  1. ^ "Valkenswaard War Cemetery". cwgc.org. Retrieved 22 February 2019.

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