AMBT-DELDEN GENERAL CEMETERY
Overijssel
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 52.26084, Longitude: 6.69071
Location Information
The cemetery is situated in Langestraat 200, AN 7491 Delden The cemetery is South of the N364, and Langestraat runs roughly parallel with the N364. Langestraat is accessed from a traffic light controlled junction which is approx 3 miles East of the junction of th N347 with the N346. East of the entrance, and close to the southern boundary hedge, are the graves of 14 Commonwealth burials from World War Two.
Total Burials: 14.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 7, Canada 1, New Zealand 1. Total 9.
Unidentified Casualties: 5.
The cemetery is situated in Langestraat 200, AN 7491 Delden The cemetery is South of the N364, and Langestraat runs roughly parallel with the N364. Langestraat is accessed from a traffic light controlled junction which is approx 3 miles East of the junction of th N347 with the N346. East of the entrance, and close to the southern boundary hedge, are the graves of 14 Commonwealth burials from World War Two.
Total Burials: 14.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 7, Canada 1, New Zealand 1. Total 9.
Unidentified Casualties: 5.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
Vickers Wellington Bomber of No23 Operational Training Unit took off from RAF Pershore. It was shot down by First Lieutenant Werner Rowlin of 8/Nachtjagdgeschwader 1, a Luftwaffe night fighter wing in a Junkers Ju88 and crashed at Azelo in the province of Overijssel, Delden, Holland on 26th June 1942. All five crew members were killed and are all buried in Ambt-Delden General Cemetery.
R/95095 Flight Sergeant
John Keith Crossing
Royal Canadian Air Force
26th June 1942, aged 22
Son of Gerald P. and Christine T. Crossing, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; husband of Ruth Crossing.
His headstone bears the inscription "To Live In The Hearts Of Those We Love Is Not To Die"
John Keith Crossing
Royal Canadian Air Force
26th June 1942, aged 22
Son of Gerald P. and Christine T. Crossing, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; husband of Ruth Crossing.
His headstone bears the inscription "To Live In The Hearts Of Those We Love Is Not To Die"
Other crew members who were killed on the 26th June 1942 were
1046424 Sergeant Ronald Arthur Chapman, Observer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 28. Son of Sidney and Mary Chapman, of Croydon, Surrey; husband of Rose Eva Annie Chapman. LL.B. Hons.
656709 Sergeant Thomas Henry Inch, Observer in Royal Air Force, aged 24. Son of Dorothy Agnes Inch; husband of Ivy H. Inch, of St. Thomas, Exeter. His headstone bears the inscription "Darling Husband Of Ivy, Precious Daddy Of Janet And Marilyn." "Until Er Meet Again"
1023907 Sergeant John Reginald Jones, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 28. Son of John Richard and Margaret Jones; husband of Edith Jones, of Fazakerley, Liverpool. His headstone bears the inscription "Loved With A Love Beyond All Words; Lost With A Grief Beyond All Tears"
1378431 Sergeant Joseph Swales, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 31. Son of Frank and Lucy Hannah Swales; husband of Marjorie Swales, of Gomersal, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Break" Loving Wife Marjorie, Daughter Sheila And All The Family"
1046424 Sergeant Ronald Arthur Chapman, Observer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 28. Son of Sidney and Mary Chapman, of Croydon, Surrey; husband of Rose Eva Annie Chapman. LL.B. Hons.
656709 Sergeant Thomas Henry Inch, Observer in Royal Air Force, aged 24. Son of Dorothy Agnes Inch; husband of Ivy H. Inch, of St. Thomas, Exeter. His headstone bears the inscription "Darling Husband Of Ivy, Precious Daddy Of Janet And Marilyn." "Until Er Meet Again"
1023907 Sergeant John Reginald Jones, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 28. Son of John Richard and Margaret Jones; husband of Edith Jones, of Fazakerley, Liverpool. His headstone bears the inscription "Loved With A Love Beyond All Words; Lost With A Grief Beyond All Tears"
1378431 Sergeant Joseph Swales, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 31. Son of Frank and Lucy Hannah Swales; husband of Marjorie Swales, of Gomersal, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Break" Loving Wife Marjorie, Daughter Sheila And All The Family"
Individual Commonwealth Graves
Images © Johan Pauwels
403032 Flight Sergeant
Glen Allen Smith
15 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
28th August 1942, aged 22.
Son of Albert George Smith and of Jeanetta Isobel Ellen Smith (nee Ayton), of Auckland City, New Zealand.
Glen Allen Smith
15 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
28th August 1942, aged 22.
Son of Albert George Smith and of Jeanetta Isobel Ellen Smith (nee Ayton), of Auckland City, New Zealand.
43987 Flying Officer
Thomas Wardhaugh
103 Squadron, Royal Air Force
20th September 1941.
Thomas Wardhaugh
103 Squadron, Royal Air Force
20th September 1941.
Other Burial Details
186756 Pilot Officer James Scott Ferguson, Pilot in 56 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 20th January 1945, aged 23. Son of George and Mina Ferguson, of North Gosforth, Northumberland.
T/10686931 Driver George William Young, 728 Corps Car Company, Royal Army Service Corps, died 4th April 1945, aged 22. Son of George William Young, and of Ellen Young, of Leicester. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of My Dear Son George, Always In My Thoughts. Mother"
186756 Pilot Officer James Scott Ferguson, Pilot in 56 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 20th January 1945, aged 23. Son of George and Mina Ferguson, of North Gosforth, Northumberland.
T/10686931 Driver George William Young, 728 Corps Car Company, Royal Army Service Corps, died 4th April 1945, aged 22. Son of George William Young, and of Ellen Young, of Leicester. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of My Dear Son George, Always In My Thoughts. Mother"
