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3 May 2021: Visit Princess Margriet

H.R.H. Princess Margriet visited the photo exhibition The Faces of Groesbeek at the Canadian War Cemetery in Groesbeek on May 3, 2021. The Mayor of Groesbeek, Mark Slinkman and Her Excellency, the Ambassador of Canada, Lisa Helfand welcomed her on arrival.
At the cemetery H.R.H. Princess was also welcomed by the chairman and vice-chairman of our foundation and introduced to the other board members and also to the Area Director West and Central Europe of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Geert Bekaert.
H.R.H. Princess was shown around and at various graves one of the members of our Research Team told a short life story. Also two students of the Canisius College in Nijmegen told the life story they wrote, in the presence of their teacher.

With due regard for the corona measures, the photo exhibition could be visited until 17 May.

The photo exhibition was made possible by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the Municipality of Berg en Dal and many sponsors.

The Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery was built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. They honour and care for the men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the First and Second World Wars, ensuring they will never be forgotten. Funded by six Member Governments, our work began with building, and now maintaining, cemeteries at 23,000 locations all over the world.

Click on the thumbnails below to watch the visit of H.R.H. Princess Margriet (Dutch spoken) and watch the photos in the gallery.

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31 AUGUST 2019: AWARD

On Saturday 13 August 2019 the President of the Faces To Graves Foundation (called Faces to Graves) was honoured with the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers by the Canadian Governor General Julie Payette. The ceremony took place at HMCS St. John’s in the harbour of Vlissingen.

Comment Alice van Bekkum: I feel very honoured, but I also know that I cannot do this on my own. So this award is also for the volunteers of Faces to Graves!

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CITATION LETTER

Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers
Médaille du souverain pour les bénévoles

Alice van Bekkum
Milsbeek, Netherlands

Alice van Bekkum is the co-founder, president and research coordinator of Faces to Canadian War Graves Groesbeek Foundation, an organization that collects information on fallen Canadian soldiers involved in the 1945 liberation of the Netherlands. Pursuing a mission to create a virtual memorial to Canada's fallen in the Netherlands, she has helped gather the photos and life stories of more than 2000 Canadians buried at the Groesbeek War Cemetery

Alice van Bekkum est Ia cofondatrice, présidente et coordonnatrice des recherches de la Faces to Canadian War Graves Groesbeek Foundation, organisation qui recueille de l'informatíon sur les soldats canadiens morts au combat ayant participé à Ia libération des Pays-Bas en 1945. Dans le cadre de sa mission visant à créer un monument virtuel à Ia mémoire des Canadiens tombés aux Pays-Bas, etle a aidé à rassembler les photos et les récits de plus de 2000 Canadiens enterrés au cimetière militaire de Groesbeek.