GROEDE GENERAL CEMETERY
Zeeland
Netherlands
Location Information
Groede is a village south of the Schelde estuary. It is part of the Sluis Municipality, located in the province of Zeeland in the south-western Netherlands. It lies approx 30km west of Terneuzen. The 3 graves can be found at the rear right corner of the cemetery. Two sailors and one soldier from the United Kingdom are buried here. One of the sailors is not identified. The cemetery address is:- Nieuwstraat / Traverse, Groede.
Burial Details
14251205 Gunner Eric Mothershaw, 20 Lt. A. A. Regiment, Royal Artillery, died between 21st September 1944 and 23rd September 1944, aged 20. Son of Walter and Sarah Ann Mothershaw, of Silverdale, Staffordshire.
Lieutenant Maurice William Tedcastle, H. M. L. C. T. (R.) 457, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, died 5th November 1944, aged 27. Son of Rupert Marjoriebanks Tedcastle and Elsie Tedcastle; husband of Margaret Miriam Tedcastle, of Weston Favell, Northampton.
Pictures in gallery below © Werner Van Caneghem
Groede is a village south of the Schelde estuary. It is part of the Sluis Municipality, located in the province of Zeeland in the south-western Netherlands. It lies approx 30km west of Terneuzen. The 3 graves can be found at the rear right corner of the cemetery. Two sailors and one soldier from the United Kingdom are buried here. One of the sailors is not identified. The cemetery address is:- Nieuwstraat / Traverse, Groede.
Burial Details
14251205 Gunner Eric Mothershaw, 20 Lt. A. A. Regiment, Royal Artillery, died between 21st September 1944 and 23rd September 1944, aged 20. Son of Walter and Sarah Ann Mothershaw, of Silverdale, Staffordshire.
Lieutenant Maurice William Tedcastle, H. M. L. C. T. (R.) 457, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, died 5th November 1944, aged 27. Son of Rupert Marjoriebanks Tedcastle and Elsie Tedcastle; husband of Margaret Miriam Tedcastle, of Weston Favell, Northampton.
Pictures in gallery below © Werner Van Caneghem
Pictures in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
