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HOLT CHURCHYARD
Tvedestrand
Norway

Location Information

Holt is on the south-eastern coast, 18 kilometres north-east of Arendal. Holt church is clearly signed from the E18 near the village. The collective Commonwealth war grave is against the centre of the wall enclosing the far end of the churchyard, on the north-eastern side of the church. 


Historical Information

During the Second World War, Norway was of strategic importance to the Germans. Their invasion on 9 April 1940 was sudden and widespread and despite Allied intervention, the entire country was under German occupation by early June. Thereafter, Allied activity in Norway was confined to raids and special operations, with the Commonwealth air forces providing support to Norwegian resistance groups until the German capitulation in May 1945. There are no Commonwealth war cemeteries in Norway, those who died there being buried in civil cemeteries and churchyards.

Holt Churchyard contains the collective grave of six Commonwealth airmen.


​Burial Details

1615818 Flight Sergeant Lewis George Baldock, Flight Engineer in 190 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 22nd February 1945, aged 21. Son of Frank and Lilian Baldock, of King's Lynn, Norfolk.

1288445 Warrant Officer Stanley Bernard Currie, Pilot in 
190 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 22nd February 1945, aged 28. Husband of Queenie Kathleen Currie, of West Norwood, London.

1457369 Flight Sergeant Robert Edwin Davies, Air Gunner in 
190 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 22nd February 1945, aged 22. Son of Joseph Edwin and Grace Davies, of Old Trafford, Manchester.

1604927 Flight Sergeant Thomas James Alexander Grant, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 1
90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 22nd February 1945, aged 21. Son of Frederick George and Sarah Jane Grant, of North Cheam, Surrey.

983589 Flight Sergeant Donald Hollinrake, Navigator in 
190 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 22nd February 1945, aged 23. Son of Herbert and Clara Hollinrake, of Todmorden, Yorkshire. His brother Keith also fell and is buried in Cross Stone (St. Paul) Church Cemetery, Yorkshire.

1334862 Flight Sergeant Kenneth Frank Newman, Air Bomber in 
190 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 22nd February 1945, aged 21. Son of Charles Frank and Kate Frances Newman, of Brighton, Sussex.


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