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HARDINXVELD (BOVEN HARDINXVELD) GENERAL CEMETERY

Zuid-Holland 

The Netherlands

GPS Coordinates: 51.821714, 4.871628

Location Information

Hardinxveld is 15 kilometres east of Dordrecht and rather less west of Gorinchem, and is 42 kilometres north-north-east of Breda. Boven (Upper) Hardinxveld is part of the village and lies strung out along the north bank of the river Waal.

The cemetery is located on the Kromme Gat to the west of the town and contains the grave of one U. K. Airman from World War Two. 

​Burial Details

120930 Flight Sergeant Leonard Vincent King, 611 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th September 1944, aged 22. 
Son of Percy and Louisa King, of Station Town, Wingate, Co. Durham. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember. Dad And Mam"

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Hardinxveld (Boven Hardinxveld) General Cemetery
Hardinxveld (Boven Hardinxveld) General Cemetery
Hardinxveld (Boven Hardinxveld) General Cemetery
Hardinxveld (Boven Hardinxveld) General Cemetery
Hardinxveld (Boven Hardinxveld) General Cemetery

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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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