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MIDDELHARNIS PROTESTANT CEMETERY
Zuid-Holland
The Netherlands

Location Information

Middelharnis is in the northern part of the island of Oberflakkee, and is about 42 kilometres south-west of Rotterdam and 59 kilometres west-north-west of Breda. The cemetery is on the north-western outskirts of the town, on the southern side of the road to Sommelsdijk in the road called Hobbemastraat. The war graves are located in the north-western corner of the cemetery.


History Information

There are 7, 1939-1945 war casualties commemorated in this site.


​Burial Details


R/151425 Flight Sergeant David Bernard, Air Gunner in 166 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 20th December 1943.

1563332 Sergeant Leslie Allan Henson, Air Gunner in 166 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 20th December 1943, aged 21. Son of Amos F. and Julia Henson, of Broughty Ferry, Angus.

410689 Flight Sergeant John Francis Moore, Royal Australian Air Force, died 20th December 1943, aged 20. Son of Robert William and Margaret Mary Moore, of Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia.

1387475 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Bert Renelt, Pilot in 166 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 20th December 1943, aged 21. Son of Bert and Ethel Renelt, of Thornton Heath, Surrey.

416210 Flight Sergeant Alexander Bernard Sheddan, Air Bomber in 166 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 20th December 1943, aged 27. Son of Angus James Sheddan and of Margaret Sheddan (nee McKee), of Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand.

1365303 Flight Sergeant James William Thompson, Navigator in 166 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 20th December 1943.

1396656 Sergeant Ernest Charles Toms, Flight Engineer in 166 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 20th December 1943. Son of Ernest and Gladys Toms; husband of D. N. Toms, of Woodford Bridge, Essex.


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