Bergen-Op-Zoom, Netherlands.

 

Most of the graves here are from Op INFATUATE at the beginning of November 1944, the operation to take the strategic island of Walcheren which dominates the approches to the vital port of Antwerp. Principal units involved were the 52nd (Lowland) Division, British Army; 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade; and the 4th Special Service (Commando) Brigade consisting of  nos 41, 47 and 48 Royal Marines Commandos and no 4 (Army) Commando.