Kleve Reichswald
The cemetery is the burial place of 7,646 soldiers killed during the Second World War: 6,406 from Great Britain, 706 from Canada, 327 from Australia, 127 from New Zealand, 1 from South Africa, 1 from the Netherlands, 1 from the United States, 1 from Norway and 1 unidentified.
It also became the place of final rest for 73 Poles, 64 pilots from Polish squadrons fighting with the allied air forces and 8 soldiers from the 1st Polish Armoured Division. They were buried in plots No. 55, row H, and 59, row A.
The data in the left column comes from archival materials, the right - from the tombstones (original spelling preserved):
GRABOWSKI KAZIMIERZ a.k.a. "Cybulski" Rifleman K. Grabowski Served as Private K. Cybulski Replenishment Unit 1st Armoured Division 16th May 1945 Age 34 Polish Forces
Replenishment Unit
* 1.1.1911 Radymno district Lubawa
† 16.5.1945 Kssel Krs. Kleve
R-C. Serv. Number 1911/225/I-43463
KAŁUŻA ZYGFRYD Lance Corporal Rifles Lance Cpl Z. Kałuża Replenishment Unit 1st Armoured Division 2nd June 1945 Age 33 Polish Forces
Replenishment Unit
* 1912
† 2.6.1945 Bet. Gen. Hospital Bedgury Kleve.
R-C. Serv. Number 1912/361/I-67830
KRUŻA SYLWESTER Rifleman Rifleman Cruises 8th Rifle Battalion 22nd April 1945 Age 32 Polish Forces
8th Rifle Battalion
* 28.12.1912 Krolów districtTczew
† 22.4.1945 in St. Joseph Haus Wettingen
R-C. Serv. Number 1912/278/I-49619
NARLOCH STANISŁAW Rifleman S. Narloch 8th Rifle Battalion 24th April 1945 Age 18 Polish Forces
8th Rifle Battalion
* 25.4.1926 Kalisz district Kościerzyna
† 23.4.1945 Wittingen
R-C. Serv. Number 1926/19/I-49487
OCELOK JÓZEF a.k.a. "Kajak" Lance Corporal Rifles J. Ocelok served as Lance Cpl J. Kajak Replenishment Unit 1st Polish Armoured Division 28th May 1945 Age 30 Polish Forces
Replenishment Unit
* 26.4.1915 Miasteczko district Tarnowskie Góry
† 28.5.1945 in Goch
R-C. Serv. Number 1915/79/I-48370
SŁOWIŃSKI ZYGMUND a.k.a. "Stomina" Z. Słowiński served as Lance Corporal Rifles Z. Stomina 8th Rifle Battalion 6th July 1945 Age 23 Polish Forces
Lance Corporal Rifles
8th Rifle Battalion
* 6.7.1921 Bolumin district Chełmno
† 6.7.1945 Brt. Gen. Hospital Bedgury Kleve
R-C. Serv. Number 1921/199/I-40945
STRZELECKI EDWARD a.k.a. "Zając" Lance Corporal Rifles E. Strzelecki served as Lance Corporal Rifles E. Hare Highland Rifle Battalion 27th April 1945 Age 34 Polish Forces
Highland Rifle Battalion
* 25.8.1910 Odolanów district Ostrów Wielkopolski
† 27.71945 Riflemant Joseph Haus Wettingen
R-C. Serv. Number 1910/199/I-33169
TUSZYŃSKI FELIKS Lance Corporal Rifles Private F. Tuszyński Replenishment Unit 1st Armoured Division 29th May 1945 Age 19 Polish Forces
Replenishment Unit
* 18.051926 Kosztowy district Pszczyna
† 28.05.1945 in Goch
R-C. Serv. Number 1926/53/I-66818
This war cemetery was designed and built, like the other 11 English war cemeteries in West Germany and Berlin, under the supervision of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. At the entrance, there are two boards in English and German, reading:
THE AREA OF THIS CEMETERY WAS DESIGNATED BY GERMAN SOCIETY AS A PLACE OF HONOUR AND ETERNAL REST FOR SAILORS, SOLDIERS AND PILOTS KILLED DURING THE WAR
[translation from Polish]
