FREED FROM OBLIVION --- LEST WE FORGET

Rifleman Edward John Albert Lake (*1922 - †20-10-1944) (Reg.nr : 6856291)

 Although it has now been more than 75 years since the end of the Second World War, it is still important to commemorate all Allies who were involved in fighting in and around Goirle. These victims of Goirle are people who fought for our freedom in or around Goirle during the Second World War. They died as a result of acts of war. G. Kobes wrote in 2016: "I want to remind you of the casualties among the Allied forces. To the young men who, far from their homeland, had to pay with their lives for the fight for our freedom. The price is unimaginably high, there is an empty place in millions of families. They, along with many others, gave their lives for our freedom.'' Edward John Albert Lake is one of them. He died on 20-10-1944 at the age of 22.

General info:

Edward John Albert Lake, born about 1922. Edward died on 20 October 1944, presumably in Loon op Zand at the age of 33. 

*Nationality :British *Part : 4th. Armoured Brigade *Unit : 2nd. Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps. *Registration number : 6856291 *Rank : Private Rifleman

After the war, on 20 May 1946, he and 8 others were reburied in the Allied War Cemetery in Bergen op Zoom.

Grave location: 

*Burial : Commonwealth War Graves—Bergen op Zoom (Nrd-Br.) (NL) *GPS Coordinates : Latitude: 51.50209, Longitude: 4.33289 *Grave location : 9. C. 11 *Text on tombstone : ''Sleep on, dear one and take thy rest, Mum and Dad."

Commemorations:

https://wikimiddenbrabant.nl/Lake,_Edward_John_Albert

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2033963/edward-john-albert-lake/

https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/12727271/edward-john_albert-lake

https://www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl/zerken.asp?command=showgraf&bgp=1028&grafid=1641128&char=L

Source:

 *Research: G. Kobes and G. v.d. Klundert- Bertens *Photo: www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl *Photo person: Honour those who fell.