PARCHIM CEMETERY
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Germany
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 53.43501, Longitude: 11.80957
Location Information
Parchim is a town in North East Germany approx 170km north west of Berlin, it is located in the region Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. From the A24 Berlin to Hamburg motorway take exit 14 (Ausfahrt 14) B191 PARCHIM WEST / NEUSTADT-GLEWE / LUDWIGSLUST. Follow direction PARCHIM WEST and continue for approx 15kms and turn left onto SCHWARZER WEG. Continue along SCHWARZER WEG for approx 1km and turn left onto DAMMER WEG. Continue for approx 700m and the burial ground can be found on the right (signposted KRIEGSGRÄBERSTÄTTE) CWGC plot is located to the left of the French Prisoner of War Memorial in the centre of the cemetery. The cemetery address is: Dammer Weg 19370 Parchim Germany.
Parchim is a town in North East Germany approx 170km north west of Berlin, it is located in the region Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. From the A24 Berlin to Hamburg motorway take exit 14 (Ausfahrt 14) B191 PARCHIM WEST / NEUSTADT-GLEWE / LUDWIGSLUST. Follow direction PARCHIM WEST and continue for approx 15kms and turn left onto SCHWARZER WEG. Continue along SCHWARZER WEG for approx 1km and turn left onto DAMMER WEG. Continue for approx 700m and the burial ground can be found on the right (signposted KRIEGSGRÄBERSTÄTTE) CWGC plot is located to the left of the French Prisoner of War Memorial in the centre of the cemetery. The cemetery address is: Dammer Weg 19370 Parchim Germany.
Entrance and WW2 British War Graves
Pictures used with the permission of the CWGC
The cemetery contains the graves of five Commonwealth airmen of the Second World War.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 4, Australia 1. Total 5.
423335 Flight Sergeant
John Symms Scott
51 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force
24th March 1944, aged 20.
Son of Alban Edward and Mabel Milicent Scott, of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia.
Portrait of 423335 Aircraftman John Symms Scott of Mosman, NSW. Formerly an articled accountant, Scott enlisted on 20 June 1942, and embarked from Brisbane, Qld, on 3 October 1942. After training in Canada and the United Kingdom, he was posted to 51 Squadron, RAF, and promoted to Flight Sergeant. He was killed whilst on bombing operations over Germany on the night of 24 March 1944.
John Symms Scott
51 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force
24th March 1944, aged 20.
Son of Alban Edward and Mabel Milicent Scott, of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia.
Portrait of 423335 Aircraftman John Symms Scott of Mosman, NSW. Formerly an articled accountant, Scott enlisted on 20 June 1942, and embarked from Brisbane, Qld, on 3 October 1942. After training in Canada and the United Kingdom, he was posted to 51 Squadron, RAF, and promoted to Flight Sergeant. He was killed whilst on bombing operations over Germany on the night of 24 March 1944.
Other Burials
46406 Flight Lieutenant Roy Curtis, 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 24th March 1944.
1624606 Sergeant Ronald Hepworth, 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 24th March 1944, aged 19.
Son of Harold and Theresa Elizabeth Hepworth , of Wragby, Yorkshire.
615242 Sergeant Alfred Leonard Taylor, 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 24th March 1944, aged 24.
Son of Alfred Thomas Taylor and Anne Taylor, of Weaste, Lancashire.
1389663 Sergeant William Vernon Willson, 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 24th March 1944, aged 22. Son of Benjamin and Florence Mary Willson; husband of Eunice Mary Vivien Wilson, of Ryde, Isle of Wight.
46406 Flight Lieutenant Roy Curtis, 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 24th March 1944.
1624606 Sergeant Ronald Hepworth, 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 24th March 1944, aged 19.
Son of Harold and Theresa Elizabeth Hepworth , of Wragby, Yorkshire.
615242 Sergeant Alfred Leonard Taylor, 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 24th March 1944, aged 24.
Son of Alfred Thomas Taylor and Anne Taylor, of Weaste, Lancashire.
1389663 Sergeant William Vernon Willson, 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 24th March 1944, aged 22. Son of Benjamin and Florence Mary Willson; husband of Eunice Mary Vivien Wilson, of Ryde, Isle of Wight.
Gefangenenfriedhof = (Prisoners’ Cemetery)
(KRIEGSGRÄBERSTÄTTE)
World War One 728
World War Two 471
Pictures © Nicholas Philpot
