HERWIJNEN GENERAL CEMETERY
Gelderland
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.81919, Longitude: 5.13425
Location Information
Herwijnen is situated about 12 kilometres east of Gorinchem on the north bank of the river Waal. The cemetery is in the centre of Herwijnen, 45 metres north of the dyke road to Gorinchem. The two British graves are in the south-eastern part, near the entrance.
Herwijnen is situated about 12 kilometres east of Gorinchem on the north bank of the river Waal. The cemetery is in the centre of Herwijnen, 45 metres north of the dyke road to Gorinchem. The two British graves are in the south-eastern part, near the entrance.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
138829 Flying Officer
John Douglas Phillips
105 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
12th December 1943, aged 21.
Son of Vernon Cheveley Phillips and Frances Wylie Phillips, of Wickford, Essex.
His headstone bears the inscription "O Valiant Heart"
John Douglas Phillips
105 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
12th December 1943, aged 21.
Son of Vernon Cheveley Phillips and Frances Wylie Phillips, of Wickford, Essex.
His headstone bears the inscription "O Valiant Heart"
Other Burial Details
118712 Flying Officer Benjamin Frank Reynolds, 105 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 12 December 1943, aged 21. Son of Frank U. and Dorothy Reynolds; husband of Kathleen Brenda Reynolds, of Cambridge. His headstone bears the inscription "Knowing Well He Is Not Lost Nor Dead But More Alive Than When We Knew Him Here"
118712 Flying Officer Benjamin Frank Reynolds, 105 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 12 December 1943, aged 21. Son of Frank U. and Dorothy Reynolds; husband of Kathleen Brenda Reynolds, of Cambridge. His headstone bears the inscription "Knowing Well He Is Not Lost Nor Dead But More Alive Than When We Knew Him Here"
