Sergeant Jack van Rosendael, No.10(IA) Cdo., 2 'Dutch' troop kia 10/3/45 Breda.

[Photo courtesy of the Dutch Commando Museum and Jack Bakker].

Jack Bakker adds "This is Jack van Rosendael. On the photo he is a Corporal but became a Sergeant and as such was killed by the explosion of a German V1 rocket on 10 March 1945 whilst an instructor to the Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten (Interior Forces) at Princenhage, a small town in the neighbourhood of Breda. He is remembered each year on the 22nd of March (coming from 22 March 1942, the founding date of the Dutch Commandos), together with all the Commandos who were killed and whose names are on the monument of the fallen which is in the Commando Barracks."

In Memory of Sergeant Hubert Jan Jacques 'Jack' van Rosendael
No.10(IA) Commando 2 'Dutch' troop attached to the Dutch “Bureau Bijzondere Opdrachten” (Office for Special Assignments).
who died on the 10th March 1945 at Breda aged 22 (born Amsterdam 27/5/1922)
Remembered with honour at Ereveld Loenen Cemetery, Netherlands Cemetery [view his grave].