This memorial page is dedicated to Franciscus Petrus Dorotheus van Lieshout, one of more than 725 war victims connected to the municipality of Deurne documented by Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers. The municipality of Deurne and the surrounding villages of Liessel, Vlierden, Helenaveen, Neerkant and Zeilberg were liberated in the autumn of 1944 during heavy fighting. Victims fell on all sides: Allied soldiers from countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and New Zealand, and German soldiers.

But the archive covers more than just the combat victims on Deurne soil. Residents of Deurne who lost their lives elsewhere are also commemorated: civilians who were murdered in concentration camps, forced labourers who died in Germany, people who were executed or succumbed to the effects of persecution and oppression. In addition, residents of Deurne who entered German military service and were killed elsewhere are also included.

Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers has been documenting the story of all these people since 1995, without distinction of nationality, side or background. The goal is to give every person a name and a face, and to keep their memory alive.

 

Name: van Lieshout
First names: Franciscus Petrus Dorotheus
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 9 April 1922
Place of birth: Deurne
Residence: 34 Oude Stationstraat, Asten
Rank / Occupation: Schütze
Identity tag: 106 – Replacement Company, Volunteer Legion ‘Netherlands’
Unit: 7th Company, SS Volunteer Legion “Netherlands”
Date of death: 23 July 1942
Place of death: Kretschno (Russia)
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: Heroes’ Cemetery at Selo-Gora
Memorial site: Mass grave in Novgorod (Russia)

Additional information

Franciscus Petrus Dorotheus van Lieshout volunteered for the Dutch SS; he did so in Arnhem. He became a member of the Dutch SS on 8 February 1942, under SS number 2041, after which he left for the SS Kaserne-Wetseldorf in Graz to undergo military training. On 22 June 1942, he was seriously wounded during the fighting on the Volkhov Front. As he had taken part in several assault operations during the fighting on the Volkhov Front, he was awarded the Infantry Assault Badge on 15 July 1942.

A week later, on 23 July 1942, he died at the main field hospital in Kretschno as a result of the injuries he had sustained on 22 June 1942 and was buried at the Selo-Gora Heroes’ Cemetery, grave 192/193.

Unfortunately, his remains could not yet be recovered, meaning that a possible reburial at the mass grave in Novgorod (Russia) is not yet possible.

Death certificate (which, strangely enough, gives 23 June 1942 as the Date of death)
Sterbeurkunde (deze schrijft als overlijdensdatum vreemd genoeg 23-06-1942)
Former Selo-Gora Heroes’ Cemetery
Voormalig Heldenfriedhof Selo-Gora

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