Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery

Historical Information (Source: CWGC)

More than 400 casualties of the First and Second World War are buried at Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery, known locally as ‘Rusthof’.

The Commonwealth plot contains the graves of 1 soldier and 143 airmen from the UK, 60 Canadian airmen, 11 Australian airmen, 13 New Zealand airmen and 6 Polish airmen making a total of 234 burials of which 12 are unidentified. Most were killed en route to or from bombing raids over Germany.

 

Served with

  • Australian (10)
  • Canadian (59)
  • New Zealand (13)
  • Polish (6)
  • United Kingdom (135)

Served in

  • Air Force (221)
  • Army (2)
Amersfoort Oud Leusden
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The cemetery also contains war graves of Czechoslovak, Dutch, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian and Yugoslav nationals.