Grebbeberg War Cemetery

Grebbeberg War Cemetery
Netherlands War Graves Foundation [nl]
Oorlogsgravenstichting
Cross of Remembrance at the entrance
Used for those deceased 1940–1945
Established20-5-1940
Location51°57′21″N 5°36′1″E / 51.95583°N 5.60028°E / 51.95583; 5.60028
near 
Designed byJacobus Oud
Total burials850
Burials by war

Grebbeberg War Cemetery (Dutch: Militair Ereveld Grebbeberg) is a Second World War military war grave cemetery, located on the Grebbeberg, a hill 2 km (1.2 mi) east of Rhenen the Netherlands. The cemetery contains 799 military personnel and one civilian who died during the invasion of the Netherlands by the Germans in May 1940. More than 400 of those interred in the cemetery fell during the Battle of the Grebbeberg.