ALMELO GENERAL CEMETERY
Overijssel
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 52.35122, Longitude: 6.64559
Location Information
The town of Almelo is 23 kilometres north-west of Enschede, on the main road to Zwolle. The cemetery is 2 kilometres west of the town in Willem de Clercqstraat, next to the crematorium. From the entrance, follow the centre path, then the left hand path uphill before the pond. The Commonwealth war graves are 100 metres along here on the right. The cemetery address is:- Willem de Clerqstraat nr. 93 Almelo Overijssel Netherlands.
There are eighteen Commonwealth and one Dutch civilian buried in the Commonwealth plot.
The town of Almelo is 23 kilometres north-west of Enschede, on the main road to Zwolle. The cemetery is 2 kilometres west of the town in Willem de Clercqstraat, next to the crematorium. From the entrance, follow the centre path, then the left hand path uphill before the pond. The Commonwealth war graves are 100 metres along here on the right. The cemetery address is:- Willem de Clerqstraat nr. 93 Almelo Overijssel Netherlands.
There are eighteen Commonwealth and one Dutch civilian buried in the Commonwealth plot.
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J/22423 Flying Officer
William Stirling Burns
Air Bomber in 61 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
23rd September 1944, aged 23.
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Burns, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Break And The Shadows Flee Away" A Dear Son
The plane took off at 18:46 on the 23rd September 1944 from Skellingthorpe to breach the Dortmund- ems Canal at Ladbergen. The plane crashed at 23;13 in the Hoffkampweg at Almelo in the Dutch province of Overijssel.
William Stirling Burns
Air Bomber in 61 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
23rd September 1944, aged 23.
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Burns, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Break And The Shadows Flee Away" A Dear Son
The plane took off at 18:46 on the 23rd September 1944 from Skellingthorpe to breach the Dortmund- ems Canal at Ladbergen. The plane crashed at 23;13 in the Hoffkampweg at Almelo in the Dutch province of Overijssel.
Original Grave Marker
1436352 Flight Sergeant
Ernest Hill
Navigator in 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
23rd September 1944.
The plane took off at 18:46 on the 23rd September 1944 from Skellingthorpe to breach the Dortmund- ems Canal at Ladbergen. The plane crashed at 23;13 in the Hoffkampweg at Almelo in the Dutch province of Overijssel.
Ernest Hill
Navigator in 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
23rd September 1944.
The plane took off at 18:46 on the 23rd September 1944 from Skellingthorpe to breach the Dortmund- ems Canal at Ladbergen. The plane crashed at 23;13 in the Hoffkampweg at Almelo in the Dutch province of Overijssel.
178869 Flying Officer
Gerald Hood
100 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
21st March 1945, aged 23.
On 12 August 1944, Gerald Hood's plane was shot down over Nijverdal by the Germans.
More information can be found by clicking here
Gerald Hood
100 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
21st March 1945, aged 23.
On 12 August 1944, Gerald Hood's plane was shot down over Nijverdal by the Germans.
More information can be found by clicking here
B/157645 Private
Forrest Joseph Larrett
Perth Regiment, R. C. I. C.
28th April 1945, aged 19.
Killed in the fighting for the Delfzijl Pocket.
Forrest Joseph Larrett
Perth Regiment, R. C. I. C.
28th April 1945, aged 19.
Killed in the fighting for the Delfzijl Pocket.
1204048 Flight Sergeant
Phillip Marcus Matthews
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
23rd September 1944.
The plane took off at 18:46 on the 23rd September 1944 from Skellingthorpe to breach the Dortmund- ems Canal at Ladbergen. The plane crashed at 23;13 in the Hoffkampweg at Almelo in the Dutch province of Overijssel.
Phillip Marcus Matthews
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
23rd September 1944.
The plane took off at 18:46 on the 23rd September 1944 from Skellingthorpe to breach the Dortmund- ems Canal at Ladbergen. The plane crashed at 23;13 in the Hoffkampweg at Almelo in the Dutch province of Overijssel.
1629785 Sergeant
Frederick Arthur Scales
Flight Engineer in 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
23rd September 1944, aged 20.
Son of Arthur and Nellie Corina Scales, of Leverington, Cambridgeshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Always Remembered And Loved By Us All. Mum, Dad, Brothers And Sisters"
The plane took off at 18:46 on the 23rd September 1944 from Skellingthorpe to breach the Dortmund- ems Canal at Ladbergen. The plane crashed at 23;13 in the Hoffkampweg at Almelo in the Dutch province of Overijssel.
Photograph supplied by Aircrew Remembered"
Frederick Arthur Scales
Flight Engineer in 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
23rd September 1944, aged 20.
Son of Arthur and Nellie Corina Scales, of Leverington, Cambridgeshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Always Remembered And Loved By Us All. Mum, Dad, Brothers And Sisters"
The plane took off at 18:46 on the 23rd September 1944 from Skellingthorpe to breach the Dortmund- ems Canal at Ladbergen. The plane crashed at 23;13 in the Hoffkampweg at Almelo in the Dutch province of Overijssel.
Photograph supplied by Aircrew Remembered"
152068 Flight Lieutenant
Donald Edward Ross Stone
Pilot in 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
23rd September 1944, aged 21.
Son of Edward William Nelson Stone and Lillian Mercy Stone, of Carshalton, Surrey.
His headstone bears the inscription "Nobly They Fell. Pro Patria Et Justitia"
The plane took off at 18:46 on the 23rd September 1944 from Skellingthorpe to breach the Dortmund- ems Canal at Ladbergen. The plane crashed at 23;13 in the Hoffkampweg at Almelo in the Dutch province of Overijssel.
Photograph supplied by Aircrew Remembered"
Donald Edward Ross Stone
Pilot in 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
23rd September 1944, aged 21.
Son of Edward William Nelson Stone and Lillian Mercy Stone, of Carshalton, Surrey.
His headstone bears the inscription "Nobly They Fell. Pro Patria Et Justitia"
The plane took off at 18:46 on the 23rd September 1944 from Skellingthorpe to breach the Dortmund- ems Canal at Ladbergen. The plane crashed at 23;13 in the Hoffkampweg at Almelo in the Dutch province of Overijssel.
Photograph supplied by Aircrew Remembered"
