Members of the armed groups

People who played a role during WW2 in and around Valkenburg. Most of them appear in the resistance story about Valkenburg. In that case, click on More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg next to that name.
This list is far from being complete.

Memorial stone for the resistance people Coenen and Francotte

† ✡ † Jews Holocaust Allied soldiers USA RAF NL sold Verzet initial resistance L.O. K.P. municipality local contacts couriers occasional resistance Gr. Smit people in hiding Valkenburg+ Valkenburg Berg en Terblijt Schin op Geul IJzeren Sibbe Margraten Houthem-St.Gerlach Geulhem Hulsberg Houthem Klimmen Meerssen Heerlen police priests NSB / NSDAP

The K.P. or knokploeg was the combat team of the L.O. The South Limburg fight teams have joined together into one group. They had their headquarters on the farm of C.J.H. Janssen in Ulestraten. Their task, apart from a few sabotage actions, was not military but support for people in hiding such as providing ration stamps etc. – 8 pers.
Berckel, van Karel C.	∗ 1892-08-19 Delft † 1944-09-05 Kamp Vught	L.O. - K.P. - Heerlen - war victim - Surgeon and chef de clinique at the St. Jozef hospital in Heerlen. He was one of those who created there an important resistance center and the beginning of the LO in the Heerlen district, from where the connection with Valkenburg was also made. Like almost all people of the Limburg L.O. he was a … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg This person also appears on the list of fallen resistance members in the resistance memorial on the Cauberg https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/persoon/9721/karel-clemens-van-berckel https://www.nmkampvught.nl/biografieen/1125/
Coenen, Jan Hubert Sjeng	∗ 1915-01-10 Simpelveld † 1944-09-05 Valkenburg	L.O. - K.P. - person in hiding - war victim - Former subdistrictleader of Simpelveld. Cammaert: After the betrayal of Wittem [1.1], J.H. Coenen from Simpelveld and his comrade W.J. Francotte from Vaals, who had worked for the illegal magazine Je Maintiendrai in Amsterdam until the summer of 1944, joined the KP. … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg This person also appears on the list of fallen resistance members in the resistance memorial on the Cauberg
Corbey, George	∗ 1924-10-19 Valkenburg † 1988-11-21	K.P. - Valkenburg - survivor - He was the third member of the KP (fight team) Valkenburg. The KPs in South Limburg were later merged, headquarters in Ulestraten. Even Sittard cooperated, although they did not participate in the merger. The KP of Sittard had stolen a German Wehrmacht car in a garage, along with a few barrels of … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg This person also appears on the list of fallen resistance members in the resistance memorial on the Cauberg
Crasborn, Jacobus Reinier Peter Jacques	∗ 1916-04-12 Ittervoort † 1987-11-26 Heerlen	K.P. - survivor - Jacques Crasborn, from Ittervoort, decided after four years of high school to study for mine surveyor. On January 1, 1940, he was employed in this profession at the Oranje Nassau IV mine. His school friend L.J. de Graaf, head of the administration of the same mine, involved Crasborn in the … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg This person also appears on the list of fallen resistance members in the resistance memorial on the Cauberg https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/foto-s/detail/3241bc5e-eb18-11df-a391-13966e870614
Francotte, Wilhelm Joseph Joep	∗ 1920-12-29 Vaals † 1944-09-05 Valkenburg	L.O. - K.P. - person in hiding - war victim - Joep Francotte was a roofer/plumber from Vaals. His family website: He refused to work in Germany and was sentenced to months of forced labor in a camp for it. [1] Cammaert: After the betrayal of Wittem [2.1], J.H. Coenen [2.2] from … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg This person also appears on the list of fallen resistance members in the resistance memorial on the Cauberg https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/personen/43358/wilhelm-joseph-francotte
Kooten, van Bep	∗ 1914-12-12 Laren N.H. † 1979-06-20 Hilversum	L.O. - K.P. - Klimmen - survivor - Bep (B.J.C.) van Kooten, temporarily leader of the LO Klimmen and, for the sub-district of Valkenburg, contact person to the KP (“Knokploegen”, armed groups), sabotage specialist of the KP. Towards the end of the war, the rayon (subdistrict) of Klimmen worked closely together with the rayon of … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg This person also appears on the list of fallen resistance members in the resistance memorial on the Cauberg https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/foto-s/?mode=gallery&view=horizontal&q=Bep%20van%20Kooten&rows=1&page=1&fq%5B%5D=search_s_mediatype:%22Foto%27s%22
Lambriks, Jo	∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00	K.P. - Valkenburg - survivor - After a while, a K.P also emerged in Valkenburg. It initially consisted of two men, the teachers Jeng Meijs and Jo Lambriks. Meijs had Jacques Crasborn as a pupil in his class some years before. This person also appears on the list of fallen resistance members in the resistance memorial on the Cauberg http://users.cuci.nl/mierlo/kwartierstaat/jochem.htm#ID1044
Meijs, Sjeng	∗ 0000-00-00 † 0000-00-00	K.P. - Valkenburg - survivor - After a while, a K.P also emerged in Valkenburg. It initially consisted of two men, the teachers Jeng Meijs and Jo Lambriks. Meijs had Jacques Crasborn in his class a few years before. More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg This person also appears on the list of fallen resistance members in the resistance memorial on the Cauberg