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Gegevens dpl sld Willem Menno Meester: * 21.10.1919 te Wildervank;
Odl: 8ste Bt.LuA. Gesneuveld op 14.5.1940 te Bovenkerk toen omstreeks 1500 uur de batterij door 3 vliegtuigen werd aangevallen.Hij bevond zich op dat moment buiten de stelling zelf, maar werd door een bomscherf gedood. Begraven op 15.5.1940 op de R.K. begraafplaats te Bovenkerk. Herbegraven op 17.12.1973 op het Militair Ereveld Grebbeberg, Rij 9, Graf 14.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Menno Meester

Menno Meester
1868-1946
Antje Vos
1867-1935
Aaltje Venema
1893-1967

Willem Menno Meester
1919-1940


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    Birthday October 21, 1919

    • The temperature on October 21, 1919 was between 1.5 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
      • January 18 » Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
      • January 18 » World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
      • May 8 » Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I.
      • July 27 » The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
      • September 18 » The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
      • October 3 » Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin player to appear in a World Series.

    Day of death May 14, 1940

    • The temperature on May 14, 1940 was between 3.5 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
      • May 20 » The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
      • May 28 » World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
      • June 14 » World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins.
      • October 15 » President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.
      • November 27 » In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents.
      • December 29 » World War II: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians.
    

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