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DIEVER GENERAL CEMETERY

Drenthe

The Netherlands

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 52.85663, Longitude: 6.32168

Location Information

The village of Diever, in the province of Drenthe, lies 23 kilometres north of Meppel and 2 kilometres west of the main Meppel Assen road. The cemetery is on a high plateau on the north-western outskirts of Diever and the war graves are in the south-eastern part.

There are seven 1939-1945 Commonwealth war casualties commemorated in this site.

Images in gallery below © Rutger Leenders

Diever General Cemetery
Diever General Cemetery
Diever General Cemetery
Diever General Cemetery
Diever General Cemetery
Diever General Cemetery
Diever General Cemetery
Diever General Cemetery
Diever General Cemetery

Roll of Honour

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R/225109 Sergeant
George Alexander Howitson
419 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
22nd November 1943, aged 21.

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Son of William C. and Mary E. Howitson, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

​His headstone bears the inscription "In God We Live And Have Life Everlasting"




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J/86851 Pilot Officer
William Langenbeck Hunter
419 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
22nd November 1943, aged 21.

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Son of Matthew and Frieda A. Hunter, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"


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R/65939 Warrant Officer II
Joseph Alexander Lesage
419 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
22nd November 1943.




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R/197082 Sergeant
George Alexander May
419 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
22nd November 1943, aged 19.


Son of Alexander and Anis Ann May, of Hyde Park, Ontario, Canada.



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R/157077 Flight Sergeant
Malcolm Archie McKellar
419 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
22nd November 1943, aged 20.

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Son of M. A. and Helen M. McKellar, of Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "A Fearless Soul, A Well Loved Son. At journey's End And Victory Won"



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J/21637 Flying Officer
Richard John Newman 
419 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
22nd November 1943, aged 21.

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Son of Harry Allen Newman, and Margaret Ridley Newman, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "So Much For So Little"


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Other Burial

1814011 Sergeant Wilbert Blare Jones, 419 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 22nd November 1943, aged 18.
 Son of Herbert Thomas Jones and Lily Hope Jones, of Crayford, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"


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The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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