MOLENAARSGRAAF PROTESTANT CHURCHYARD
Zuid-Holland
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.87553, Longitude: 4.81822
Location Information
Molenaarsgraaf is a small village 26 kilometres east-south-east of Rotterdam and 14 kilometres north-east of Dordrecht. The churchyard is behind the Protestant church which stands in the centre of the village.
There are six U. K. Airmen from World War Two buried here.
Molenaarsgraaf is a small village 26 kilometres east-south-east of Rotterdam and 14 kilometres north-east of Dordrecht. The churchyard is behind the Protestant church which stands in the centre of the village.
There are six U. K. Airmen from World War Two buried here.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
136172 Squadron Leader
John Edward Blair, D. F. C. & D. F. M.
156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd May 1944, aged 32.
Son of John Edward and Elizabeth Blair; husband of Selina Cook Blair, of Egremont, Cumberland.
His headstone bears the inscription "Worthy Of Remembrance"
John Edward Blair, D. F. C. & D. F. M.
156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd May 1944, aged 32.
Son of John Edward and Elizabeth Blair; husband of Selina Cook Blair, of Egremont, Cumberland.
His headstone bears the inscription "Worthy Of Remembrance"
1338063 Flight Sergeant
Raymond Keating
156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd May 1944, aged 27.
Son of Kate Keating, of Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "To The World, An Airman, To Me, My All R. I. P."
Raymond Keating
156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd May 1944, aged 27.
Son of Kate Keating, of Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "To The World, An Airman, To Me, My All R. I. P."
1374780 Sergeant
John Thomas Eardley McCaffery
156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd May 1944.
John Thomas Eardley McCaffery
156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd May 1944.
1422157 Flight Sergeant
Evan Ephraim Edward Roberts
156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd May 1944.
Evan Ephraim Edward Roberts
156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd May 1944.
1466984 Sergeant
Sidney George Smith
156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd May 1944, aged 23.
Son of Walter B. and Annie C. Smith, of Norwich.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave His Young Life That We Might Live In Peace. Rest In Peace"
Sidney George Smith
156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd May 1944, aged 23.
Son of Walter B. and Annie C. Smith, of Norwich.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave His Young Life That We Might Live In Peace. Rest In Peace"
1183531 Flight Sergeant
Raymond George Watts
156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd May 1944.
Raymond George Watts
156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
22nd May 1944.
