BRUMMEN (HAL) GENERAL CEMETERY
Gelderland
Netherlands
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 52.10681, Longitude: 6.09267
Image above © Johan Pauwels
Location Information
Hall is a small village administered by Brummen, about 5 kilometres north-west of Brummen, which is a convenient centre. The cemetery lies about 1 kilometre south-west of Hal village church, on the road to Eerbeek.
The six war graves are located in the south-western part of the cemetery.
Historical Information
The crew members died when their Lancaster aircraft was shot down by a night fighter near Eerbeek, 6 miles southwest of Zutphen, during a raid on Gelsenkirchen.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
J/24713 Flying Officer
Alexander Allan
90 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
13th June 1944, aged 27.
Son of Mary Allan, and stepson of William Coleman, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "No Eyes Can See Us Weep But Within Our Aching Hearts His Memory We Keep" Mother
Alexander Allan
90 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
13th June 1944, aged 27.
Son of Mary Allan, and stepson of William Coleman, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "No Eyes Can See Us Weep But Within Our Aching Hearts His Memory We Keep" Mother
J/24955 Flying Officer
Albert Clark
90 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
13th June 1944, aged 29.
Son of George and Elsie Elliott, of Pickering, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thou With Christ And Christ With Me And So Together Still Are We"
Albert Clark
90 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
13th June 1944, aged 29.
Son of George and Elsie Elliott, of Pickering, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thou With Christ And Christ With Me And So Together Still Are We"
410927 Flight Sergeant
Kenneth Charles Walker
Royal Australian Air Force
13th June 1944, aged 21.
Son of Alfred and Alice Jane Walker, of Mirboo North, Victoria, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Distance Dims Not The Memory Of One Who Lived And Died So Nobly"
Kenneth Charles Walker
Royal Australian Air Force
13th June 1944, aged 21.
Son of Alfred and Alice Jane Walker, of Mirboo North, Victoria, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Distance Dims Not The Memory Of One Who Lived And Died So Nobly"
R/209089 Sergeant
David Millar Willmott
90 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
13th June 1944, aged 20.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Willmott, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "No Eyes Can See Us Weep But Still Within Our Aching Hearts His Memory We Keep"
David Millar Willmott
90 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
13th June 1944, aged 20.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Willmott, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "No Eyes Can See Us Weep But Still Within Our Aching Hearts His Memory We Keep"
Other Burial Details
1880173 Sergeant Eric Royston Cocker, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th June 1944.
1894490 Sergeant Denzil Charles Kibble, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th June 1944.
1880173 Sergeant Eric Royston Cocker, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th June 1944.
1894490 Sergeant Denzil Charles Kibble, 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 13th June 1944.
