HOORN GENERAL CEMETERY
Noord-Holland
Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 52.646038, Longitude: 5.048559
Location Information
Hoorn is a village and commune 39 kilometres north-north-east of Amsterdam, and 30 kilometres east of Alkmaar, on the west bank of the Ijsselmeer. The cemetery is at the corner of Dampten and Keern about 700 metres north-west of the village, on the west side of the road to Leeuwarden. In the north-western part are the graves of four airmen from the United Kingdom.
Hoorn is a village and commune 39 kilometres north-north-east of Amsterdam, and 30 kilometres east of Alkmaar, on the west bank of the Ijsselmeer. The cemetery is at the corner of Dampten and Keern about 700 metres north-west of the village, on the west side of the road to Leeuwarden. In the north-western part are the graves of four airmen from the United Kingdom.
Images in gallery below © Frits Leenders
116962 Flight Lieutenant
Victor George Brewis
Navigator in 605 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
6th June 1944, aged 28.
Son of Victor George and Marion Brewis, of Wooley, Northumberland.
His headstone bears the inscription "There's Some Corner Of A Foreign Field That Is Fo Ever England"
Victor George Brewis
Navigator in 605 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
6th June 1944, aged 28.
Son of Victor George and Marion Brewis, of Wooley, Northumberland.
His headstone bears the inscription "There's Some Corner Of A Foreign Field That Is Fo Ever England"
61490 Flight Lieutenant
Arthur Whitten-Brown
Pilot in 605 Squadron, Royal Air Force
6th June 1944.
Arthur Whitten-Brown
Pilot in 605 Squadron, Royal Air Force
6th June 1944.
1318927 Sergeant
David John Young
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
15th February 1944, aged 21.
Son of John and Elizabeth (Mary) Young, of Herriard, Hampshire; husband of Marian Young.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Memory Of David, Husband Of Marian And Son Of John & Mary Young R. I. P."
David John Young
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
15th February 1944, aged 21.
Son of John and Elizabeth (Mary) Young, of Herriard, Hampshire; husband of Marian Young.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Memory Of David, Husband Of Marian And Son Of John & Mary Young R. I. P."
Other Airman's Details
2213842 Sergeant Jack Ratcliffe, Flight Engineer in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th February 1944, aged 25. Son of Ernest and Esther Ratcliffe, of Middleton Junction, Lancashire; husband of Alice Ratcliffe. His headstone bears the inscription "Dear Jack, We'll Not Forget. Fondest Love. Wife Alice, Dad, Mother, Sister & Brother"
2213842 Sergeant Jack Ratcliffe, Flight Engineer in 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th February 1944, aged 25. Son of Ernest and Esther Ratcliffe, of Middleton Junction, Lancashire; husband of Alice Ratcliffe. His headstone bears the inscription "Dear Jack, We'll Not Forget. Fondest Love. Wife Alice, Dad, Mother, Sister & Brother"
