SONDELED (INDRE) CHURCHYARD
Indre Sondeled
Norway
Location Information
Sondeled Churchyard is at Indre Sondeled, a town halfway between Arendal and Brevik on the old E18. From the E18, turn off onto the 416 then 418 at Akland then follow signs for Sondeled. In the town, follow the direction to Hasasmyr. Follow this road to the T-junction and turn left. The church is along this road. The collective Commonwealth war grave is located at the far end of the main path.
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.
Sondeled (Indre) Churchyard contains the collective grave of of six Commonwealth airmen.
Burial Details
911288 Warrant Officer Philip Sydney Brinkworth, Wireless Operator in 299 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 31st March 1945, aged 25. Son of Sydney George Skeate and Winifred Mary Brinkworth, of Sanderstead, Surrey.
1900093 Sergeant James Alexander Elliott, Air Gunner in 299 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 31st March 1945, aged 28.
1890743 Sergeant Kenneth Clement Hayward, Flight Engineer in 299 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 31st March 1945, aged 19. Husband of Olive V. Hayward, of Southgate. Middlesex.
55273 Flying Officer Dennis Peat, Air Bomber in 299 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 31st March 1945, aged 21. Son of Harry and Clarice May Peat of Leeds, Yorkshire.
54692 Flying Officer Herbert Wain Ricketts, Navigator in 299 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 31st March 1945, aged 26. Son of William Henry and Bertha Ricketts, of Rowsley, Derbyshire.
42974 Flight Lieutenant Ranulf Trevor-Roper, D. F. C. Pilot in 299 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 31st March 1945, aged 29. Son of Lennard Carew and Lisbeth Rankin Trevor-Roper, of Finchley, Middlesex. His brother John Cadwaladr Trevor-Roper also fell and is buried in Tilly-sur-Seules War Cemetery in Normandy
Pictures © Åge Jakobsen
Sondeled Churchyard is at Indre Sondeled, a town halfway between Arendal and Brevik on the old E18. From the E18, turn off onto the 416 then 418 at Akland then follow signs for Sondeled. In the town, follow the direction to Hasasmyr. Follow this road to the T-junction and turn left. The church is along this road. The collective Commonwealth war grave is located at the far end of the main path.
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.
Sondeled (Indre) Churchyard contains the collective grave of of six Commonwealth airmen.
Burial Details
911288 Warrant Officer Philip Sydney Brinkworth, Wireless Operator in 299 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 31st March 1945, aged 25. Son of Sydney George Skeate and Winifred Mary Brinkworth, of Sanderstead, Surrey.
1900093 Sergeant James Alexander Elliott, Air Gunner in 299 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 31st March 1945, aged 28.
1890743 Sergeant Kenneth Clement Hayward, Flight Engineer in 299 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 31st March 1945, aged 19. Husband of Olive V. Hayward, of Southgate. Middlesex.
55273 Flying Officer Dennis Peat, Air Bomber in 299 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 31st March 1945, aged 21. Son of Harry and Clarice May Peat of Leeds, Yorkshire.
54692 Flying Officer Herbert Wain Ricketts, Navigator in 299 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 31st March 1945, aged 26. Son of William Henry and Bertha Ricketts, of Rowsley, Derbyshire.
42974 Flight Lieutenant Ranulf Trevor-Roper, D. F. C. Pilot in 299 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 31st March 1945, aged 29. Son of Lennard Carew and Lisbeth Rankin Trevor-Roper, of Finchley, Middlesex. His brother John Cadwaladr Trevor-Roper also fell and is buried in Tilly-sur-Seules War Cemetery in Normandy
Pictures © Åge Jakobsen
