HEEMSKERK PROTESTANT CHURCHYARD
Noord-Holland
Netherlands
Location Information
Heemskerk is 17 kilometres north of Haarlem, and 24 kilometres north-west of Amsterdam. The churchyard, which is located in Kerkweg on the corner of Kerkplein, surrounds the Protestant church in the centre of the village. The Commonwealth war graves are in the southern part of the cemetery, close to the entrance.
History Information
Heemskerk Protestant Churchyard contains nine Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, seven of them airmen, the other two unidentified sailors.
Burial Details
643825 Sergeant Alfred George Robert Cowdrey, Air Gunner in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 16th December 1943, aged 22. Son of Alfred William and Ellen Cowdrey, of Eastney, Portsmouth. INSCRIPTION. THEY GAVE THEIR TODAY FOR OUR TOMORROW.
162544 Pilot Officer Ernest John Hamlin, Navigator in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th December 1943, aged 21. Son of Francis Richard and Amy Eliza Downs, of Bristol.
1585262 Sergeant Ronald Hawkins, Air Gunner in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th December 1943, aged 19. Son of Walter and Elizabeth Hawkins; husband of Beryl Joyce Hawkins. INSCRIPTION. GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.
1314450 Flight Sergeant Islwyn Lewis, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th December 1943, aged 21. Son of Stephen A. and Annie Lewis, of Barry, Glamorgan. INSCRIPTION. AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
416526 Pilot Officer Norman Thomas Newton, D. F. C. Pilot in Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 16th December 1943, aged 23. Son of Thomas Henry Newton and of Lily Rose Newton (nee Reading), of Wellington City, New Zealand. Also served in the Wellington Regt.
1323244 Sergeant Geoffrey Arthur William Ray, Air Bomber in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th December 1943, aged 21. Son of Frank Weedon Ray and Ada Elizabeth Ray, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire,
INSCRIPTION. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS".
1461723 Sergeant Marcus Seatter, Flight Engineer in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th December 1943, aged 28. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Seatter, of Oulton, Norfolk. INSCRIPTION. THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.
Pictures © Frits Leenders
Heemskerk is 17 kilometres north of Haarlem, and 24 kilometres north-west of Amsterdam. The churchyard, which is located in Kerkweg on the corner of Kerkplein, surrounds the Protestant church in the centre of the village. The Commonwealth war graves are in the southern part of the cemetery, close to the entrance.
History Information
Heemskerk Protestant Churchyard contains nine Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, seven of them airmen, the other two unidentified sailors.
Burial Details
643825 Sergeant Alfred George Robert Cowdrey, Air Gunner in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 16th December 1943, aged 22. Son of Alfred William and Ellen Cowdrey, of Eastney, Portsmouth. INSCRIPTION. THEY GAVE THEIR TODAY FOR OUR TOMORROW.
162544 Pilot Officer Ernest John Hamlin, Navigator in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th December 1943, aged 21. Son of Francis Richard and Amy Eliza Downs, of Bristol.
1585262 Sergeant Ronald Hawkins, Air Gunner in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th December 1943, aged 19. Son of Walter and Elizabeth Hawkins; husband of Beryl Joyce Hawkins. INSCRIPTION. GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.
1314450 Flight Sergeant Islwyn Lewis, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th December 1943, aged 21. Son of Stephen A. and Annie Lewis, of Barry, Glamorgan. INSCRIPTION. AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
416526 Pilot Officer Norman Thomas Newton, D. F. C. Pilot in Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 16th December 1943, aged 23. Son of Thomas Henry Newton and of Lily Rose Newton (nee Reading), of Wellington City, New Zealand. Also served in the Wellington Regt.
1323244 Sergeant Geoffrey Arthur William Ray, Air Bomber in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th December 1943, aged 21. Son of Frank Weedon Ray and Ada Elizabeth Ray, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire,
INSCRIPTION. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS".
1461723 Sergeant Marcus Seatter, Flight Engineer in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 16th December 1943, aged 28. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Seatter, of Oulton, Norfolk. INSCRIPTION. THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.
Pictures © Frits Leenders
