BOXTEL (HEILIG HART VAN JESUS) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD
Noord-Brabant
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.58969, Longitude: 5.31681
Location Information
Boxtel, situated west of the main road from Eindhoven to 'S-Hertogenbosch, is 19 kilometres north-west of the former and 12 kilometres south of the latter. This burial place is the churchyard of the Parish Church of Heilig Hart van Jesus (Holy Heart of Jesus) which lies on the north-west side of the town in the Baroniestraat. Near the entrance, against the southern boundary hedge, are the graves of 1 British soldier and 5 airmen of the Royal Air Force.
Boxtel, situated west of the main road from Eindhoven to 'S-Hertogenbosch, is 19 kilometres north-west of the former and 12 kilometres south of the latter. This burial place is the churchyard of the Parish Church of Heilig Hart van Jesus (Holy Heart of Jesus) which lies on the north-west side of the town in the Baroniestraat. Near the entrance, against the southern boundary hedge, are the graves of 1 British soldier and 5 airmen of the Royal Air Force.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
On 20 July 1944 a Lancaster LM-185 left Tuddenham airfield at about 23.00 hrs to attack the oil plant in Homberg, Germany, as part of a group of 147 Lancasters and 11 Mosquitoes.
At about 01.45 hrs the Lancaster crashed in the suburbs of Boxtel.
It is thought the plane was shot down by Lt. Josef Forster of 8./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2, who operated from Fliegerhorst Langendiebach and Fliegerhorst Twente.
There were no survivors. Five members of the crew ware buried in this cemetery and the other two in Eindhoven.
1415876 Flight Sergeant
Hugh McBeath Brown
90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
21st July 1944, aged 24.
Son of Dr. William Brown, M.B., and Margaret Elizabeth Brown, of Penyfai Lane, Glamorgan; husband of Elizabeth Brown.
His headstone bears the inscription "Vale" He Gave His Life With Steadfast Courage For The Common Weal "Nos Daed"
Hugh McBeath Brown
90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
21st July 1944, aged 24.
Son of Dr. William Brown, M.B., and Margaret Elizabeth Brown, of Penyfai Lane, Glamorgan; husband of Elizabeth Brown.
His headstone bears the inscription "Vale" He Gave His Life With Steadfast Courage For The Common Weal "Nos Daed"
Other Crew Members
1219836 Sergeant Edward John Flaherty, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 21st July 1944, aged 23. Son of Isabel Flaherty, and stepson of Robert Priestley, of Batley, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Dearest Only Son. Cherished Memories"
613629 Flight Sergeant William Lane, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 21st July 1944, aged 23.
1651121 Sergeant William Norman Morgan, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 21st July 1944, aged 21. Son of George Robert and Edith Joyce Morgan, of Newport, Monmouthshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Time Be No Healer Not The Valiant Sons Of Gwent. Beloved Norman"
1580737 Sergeant Peter Harry Richardson, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 21st July 1944, aged 20.
Son of Robert Tait Richardson and Jessie May Richardson, of Billesley, Birmingham. His headstone bears the inscription "Our Proudest Possessions Are Our Silent Thoughts"
Other Burial Details
1652492 Private Arthur James Davies, 7th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders, died 22nd September 1944, aged 29. Son of William and Elizabeth Mary Davies, of Street, Somerset; husband of Georgina Davies, of Street. His headstone bears the inscription "His Voice We Cannot Hear Yet It Seems He Walks Beside Us Never Absent, Ever Near"
1219836 Sergeant Edward John Flaherty, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 21st July 1944, aged 23. Son of Isabel Flaherty, and stepson of Robert Priestley, of Batley, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Dearest Only Son. Cherished Memories"
613629 Flight Sergeant William Lane, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 21st July 1944, aged 23.
1651121 Sergeant William Norman Morgan, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 21st July 1944, aged 21. Son of George Robert and Edith Joyce Morgan, of Newport, Monmouthshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Time Be No Healer Not The Valiant Sons Of Gwent. Beloved Norman"
1580737 Sergeant Peter Harry Richardson, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 21st July 1944, aged 20.
Son of Robert Tait Richardson and Jessie May Richardson, of Billesley, Birmingham. His headstone bears the inscription "Our Proudest Possessions Are Our Silent Thoughts"
Other Burial Details
1652492 Private Arthur James Davies, 7th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders, died 22nd September 1944, aged 29. Son of William and Elizabeth Mary Davies, of Street, Somerset; husband of Georgina Davies, of Street. His headstone bears the inscription "His Voice We Cannot Hear Yet It Seems He Walks Beside Us Never Absent, Ever Near"
