This memorial page is dedicated to Walter West-Redman, 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.

 

Walter West-Redman

 

Name: West-Redman
First names: Walter
Nickname: –
Date of birth: –
Place of birth: Rushden
Residence: Blinco Road, Rushden.
Rank / Occupation: Rifleman
Identity tag: 14714274
Unit: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 9th Battalion
Date of death: 31 October 1944
Place of death: Liessel
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: Mierlo War Cemetery
Memorial site: Rushden War Memorial (United Kingdom)
: St Mary’s Church War Memorial in Rushden

 

Additional information

Grave location: VII. E. 10.

Aged 18. Son of Walter and Nellie West, of Rushden, Northamptonshire.

Walter Redman’s field grave was situated near the home of H. Joosten in Liessel.

Memorial Service Sheet
Memorial Service Sheet

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