This memorial page is dedicated to John Rinard Knox, 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: Knox
First names: John Rinard
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 17 August 1918
Place of birth: Illinois
Residence: Illinois
Rank / Occupation: Sergeant
Identity tag: 36313604
Unit: 23rd Infantry Battalion, 7th Armoured Division, Company B
Date of death: 19 October 1944
Place of death: Deurne, near the Deurne Canal
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: Union-Brick Cemetery in Ashley, Illinois (USA)
Memorial site: –


Additional information

Son of George Knox and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bowers

Grave location: in this Cemetery

The gravestone bears the inscription ‘Gave his life in Germany’, but this should actually read ‘Gave his life in the Netherlands’.

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