Rheinberg War Cemetery
- Country Germany
- Total identified casualties 3183 Find these casualties
- Region Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Identified casualties from Second World War
- GPS Coordinates Latitude: 51.52928, Longitude: 6.56417
Please note
Areas of the stonework in this cemetery will be covered to protect it from the heat. The register box will remain accessible.
Go on a virtual visit of this Cemetery
This CWGC cemetery has Memory Anchor tours available using the FREE app for mobile phones and tablets. The tours cover different aspects of the site and the Commonwealth servicemen and women we commemorate within the grounds.
The app can be used remotely or, If you are visiting the cemetery, you can use the tour to follow a path around it, reading the stories along the route. There is also a scan function allowing the user to scan a headstone and bring up the related casualty information throughout the cemetery.
The Memory Anchor app can be downloaded from the links below.
Access the virtual tour via the Memory Anchor app, available on IOS and Android.
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BATTLE OF THE BULGE TO THE RHINE - SHARE THEIR STORIES
Read and share the stories of the people involved in the advance into Germany and crossing the Rhine at For Evermore: Stories of the Fallen, our online commemorative resource.
Location information
The town of Rheinberg lies in the west of Germany approx 85kms to the north of Koln. From the A57 motorway Koln to Goch take exit 7 (Ausfahrt 7) RHEINBERG and follow the B510 direction KAMP LINTFORT. After approx 800m turn right onto AM ENGLISCHEN FRIEDHOF (CWGC sign). The cemetery can be found approx 200m at the end of this road. The cemetery address is:- Am Englischen Friedhof Rheinbergerstrasse 47475 Kamp Lintfort Germany GPS Location is:- N 51 31 46 E 06 33 48
Visiting information
Wheelchair access possible via the main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200
History information
The site of Rheinberg War Cemetery was chosen in April 1946 by the Army Graves Service for the assembly of Commonwealth graves recovered from numerous German cemeteries in the area. The majority of those now buried in the cemetery were airmen, whose graves were brought in from Dusseldorf, Krefeld, Munchen-Gladbach, Essen, Aachen and Dortmund; 450 graves were from Cologne alone. The men of the other fighting services buried here mostly lost their lives during the battle of the Rhineland, or in the advance from the Rhine to the Elbe.
There are now 3,330 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated at Rheinberg War Cemetery. 158 of the burials are unidentified. There are also nine war graves of other nationalities, most of them Polish.