Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery

Located north of the Scheldt River near the Belgian border, Bergen-op-Zoom contains 968 Canadian graves, including 64 from the RCAF.

Most of the soldiers buried at Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery lost their lives in the fighting north of Antwerp during the Battle of the Scheldt, as the 2^nd Canadian Infantry Division, with support from the 4^th Canadian Armoured Division, worked to clear the right (north) bank of the Scheldt estuary of German forces. Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery contains 1,118 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 31 of which are unidentified.

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