december 18, 1944


A group of Canadian soldiers was surprised in their sleep during their first night in Dreumel ......

 
 

The victims

 
 
Tpr. George Francis Moncrief Tpr. George Arthur Sharpe Tpr. Vincent Job Sigley 
     
 
     
     
Name: GEORGE FRANCIS MONCRIEF
Country: Canada
Rank: Trooper
Unit: 7th Reconnaissance Regt.
Regiment: 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars, R.C.A.C.
Age: 21 jaar
Service no: H/195544
Relatives: zoon van Joseph Albert en Emma Martha Moncrief, uit Reaboro, Ontario.
Cemetry: Canadese Begraafplaats, Groesbeek 
Location: vak I.rij  H.graf  2.
Name: GEORGE ARTHUR SHARPE
Country: Canada
Rank: Trooper
Unit: 7th Reconnaissance Regt.
Regiment: 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars, R.C.A.C.
Age: 29 jaar
Service no: L/104570
Relatives: zoon van John Roy en Margaret Sharpe, uit  South Burnaby, British Columbia.
Cemetry: Canadese Begraafplaats, Groesbeek 
Location: vak I. rij H.graf  9.
Name: VINCENT JOB SIGLEY
Country: Canada
Rank: Lance Corporal
Unit: 7th Reconnaissance Regt.
Regiment: 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars, R.C.A.C.
Age: 27 jaar
Service no: D/3833
Relatives: zoon van Job en Nora Sigley, uit Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A.
Cemetry: Canadese Begraafplaats, Groesbeek 
Location: vak I.rij  H. graf 1.
     
     

 

Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetry

 

The monument