GOUDRIAAN GENERAL CEMETERY
Zuid-Holland
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.90372, Longitude: 4.8882
Location Information
Goudriaan is a village lying 30 kilometres south-south-west of Utrecht, 40 kilometres east of Rotterdam and 17 kilometres north- north-west of Gorinchem. The cemetery is in the centre of the village, partly around the church. In the north-eastern corner are the graves of 5 airmen, three from the United Kingdom and two from Canada. A private memorial to these men stands in the centre of the small plot.
Goudriaan is a village lying 30 kilometres south-south-west of Utrecht, 40 kilometres east of Rotterdam and 17 kilometres north- north-west of Gorinchem. The cemetery is in the centre of the village, partly around the church. In the north-eastern corner are the graves of 5 airmen, three from the United Kingdom and two from Canada. A private memorial to these men stands in the centre of the small plot.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
R/194889 Flight Sergeant
Allan Andrew Anderson
166 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
22nd May 1944, aged 20.
Allan Anderson was the mid upper gunner of the British Lancaster bomber ND956 that was on its way back from Duisburg, Western Germany when the plane was shot down by a night-fighter near the village of Goudriaan, SW central Netherlands, killing 5 of the 7 crew.
Allan Andrew Anderson
166 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
22nd May 1944, aged 20.
Allan Anderson was the mid upper gunner of the British Lancaster bomber ND956 that was on its way back from Duisburg, Western Germany when the plane was shot down by a night-fighter near the village of Goudriaan, SW central Netherlands, killing 5 of the 7 crew.
552916 Flight Sergeant
Trevor Gordon Franklin
166 Squadron, Royal Air Force
22nd May 1944, aged 21.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Trevor Franklin, of Nottingham.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Was Devoted To His Duty And Gave His Life Unafraid"
Trevor Gordon Franklin was the pilot of the British Lancaster bomber ND956 that was on its way back from Duisburg, Western Germany when the plane was shot down by a night-fighter near the village of Goudriaan, SW central Netherlands, killing 5 of the 7 crew.
Trevor Gordon Franklin
166 Squadron, Royal Air Force
22nd May 1944, aged 21.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Trevor Franklin, of Nottingham.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Was Devoted To His Duty And Gave His Life Unafraid"
Trevor Gordon Franklin was the pilot of the British Lancaster bomber ND956 that was on its way back from Duisburg, Western Germany when the plane was shot down by a night-fighter near the village of Goudriaan, SW central Netherlands, killing 5 of the 7 crew.
986311 Sergeant
James Kiltie
166 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd May 1944, aged 23.
Son of Janetta Kiltie, of Maybole, Ayrshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Too Dearly Loved To Be Forgotten"
James Kilty was the radio operator of the British Lancaster bomber ND956 that was on its way back from Duisburg, Western Germany when the plane was shot down by a night-fighter near the village of Goudriaan, SW central Netherlands, killing 5 of the 7 crew.
James Kiltie
166 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd May 1944, aged 23.
Son of Janetta Kiltie, of Maybole, Ayrshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Too Dearly Loved To Be Forgotten"
James Kilty was the radio operator of the British Lancaster bomber ND956 that was on its way back from Duisburg, Western Germany when the plane was shot down by a night-fighter near the village of Goudriaan, SW central Netherlands, killing 5 of the 7 crew.
1567557 Sergeant
John Moffat
166 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd May 1944, aged 22.
John Moffat was the rear gunner of the British Lancaster bomber ND956 that was on its way back from Duisburg, Western Germany when the plane was shot down by a night-fighter near the village of Goudriaan, SW central Netherlands, killing 5 of the 7 crew.
John Moffat
166 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd May 1944, aged 22.
John Moffat was the rear gunner of the British Lancaster bomber ND956 that was on its way back from Duisburg, Western Germany when the plane was shot down by a night-fighter near the village of Goudriaan, SW central Netherlands, killing 5 of the 7 crew.
R/146367 Flight Sergeant
Stanley Derek Spencer
166 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
22nd May 1944, aged 22.
Son of Basil Geoffrey. and Hilda May Spencer, of Cultus Lake, British Columbia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Kingdom Come"
Stanley Spencer was born in Chilliwack, March 15, 1922 and was educated at Robertson School and Chilliwack High School. His hobbies included photography and entomology and much of his spare time was occupied in building various apparatus to continue these projects. During one summer, he was employed at Vernon in the laboratory of the Government Experimental Station. Stanley enlisted in the R.C.A.F. in January 1942 and was trained as a bomb-aimer. He served overseas with 166 Squadron, but was lost during a night raid against Duisburg, May 22, 1944, when his Lancaster was damaged over the target and crashed at Goudriaan (Zuid-Holland). Two members of the crew became prisoners of war, Sergeants J.F. Tommey and B.F. Bird of the R.A.F. Those killed included Flight Sergeant T.G. Franklin, Sergeants J. Kiltie and J. Moffatt of the R.A.F. and Sergeant A.A. Anderson R.C.A.F.
Information above provided by Chilliwack Museum
Stanley Derek Spencer
166 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
22nd May 1944, aged 22.
Son of Basil Geoffrey. and Hilda May Spencer, of Cultus Lake, British Columbia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Kingdom Come"
Stanley Spencer was born in Chilliwack, March 15, 1922 and was educated at Robertson School and Chilliwack High School. His hobbies included photography and entomology and much of his spare time was occupied in building various apparatus to continue these projects. During one summer, he was employed at Vernon in the laboratory of the Government Experimental Station. Stanley enlisted in the R.C.A.F. in January 1942 and was trained as a bomb-aimer. He served overseas with 166 Squadron, but was lost during a night raid against Duisburg, May 22, 1944, when his Lancaster was damaged over the target and crashed at Goudriaan (Zuid-Holland). Two members of the crew became prisoners of war, Sergeants J.F. Tommey and B.F. Bird of the R.A.F. Those killed included Flight Sergeant T.G. Franklin, Sergeants J. Kiltie and J. Moffatt of the R.A.F. and Sergeant A.A. Anderson R.C.A.F.
Information above provided by Chilliwack Museum
