Sergeant Venmans

The Bredaseweg Cemetery contains a memorial to Sergeant Cornelis Hendrikus Venman's birthplace Tilburg. Cornelis Hendrikus Venmans Conscription sergeant First name: Cornelis Hendrikus Surname: Venmans Date of birth: 7 September 1909 Birth place: Tilburg Date of death: 10 May 1940 Location killed: Kessel, near kaz. no. 104 Memorial monument: Cemetery Bredaseweg Cemetery: Military Field of Honor Grebbeberg in Rhenen Grave number: Row 10 - Grave 20 In Memoriam. WWII. War victims. Cornelis Hendrikus Venmans; was born on September 7, 1909 in Tilburg and died on May 10, 1940 in Kessel (L.). Conscription Sergeant 3rd Company, 2nd Border Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment Cornelis Venmans died in the battle for the Maas line in the Venlo area. Sergeant Venmans is buried at the Military Field of Honor Grebbeberg with grave number: row 10 - grave 20. The sergeant did not arrive at the unit until 9 May, after completing his training as a conscript. 30.ID operated against the Kessel sector. The sector was defended on the north side by 3-2 GB, on the south side (direction Kesseleik) by 3-III-41.RI. All attacks by the Germans around Kessel were repulsed. Nevertheless, some casemates were hit by AT guns and some trenches were hit by gunfire or mortar fire. Two soldiers were killed in this way at the casemate No. 104. The soldier De Lang and the sergeant Venmans.