This memorial page is dedicated to Louis Blankestijn, 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: Blankestijn
First names: Louis
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 23 March 1891
Place of birth: Deurne
Residence: 19 Entschotsestraat, Tilburg
Rank / Occupation: Cigar maker
Identity tag: –
Unit: –
Date of death: 3 November 1944
Place of death: Tilburg
Cause of death: as a result of a grenade explosion
Cemetery: –
Memorial site: –


Additional information

Son of Frederik Gerrit Blankestijn and Jannetje Wilhelmina Versteegh.

On the date of his death, Friday 3 November 1944, a ‘Vergeltungswaffe 1’, or V1 (also known as V-1), flew over the eastern part of Tilburg. Although this V-1 was shot down, the missile crashed into a field on Heikantsebaan, where it subsequently exploded; it is possible that Louis Blankestijn was fatally struck by a fragment, which caused his death.

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