NUMANSDORP PROTESTANT CEMETERY
Zuid-Holland
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.73366, Longitude: 4.43174
Location Information
Numansdorp is a village situated 35 kilometres south-west of Rotterdam. The cemetery is on the western outskirts of Numansdorp, on the south side of the by-road to Zuid Beijerland. The Commonwealth war graves are located on the eastern side of the main path. They are marked with the usual headstones, and, together with several Dutch military graves, are set in a brick memorial erected by the local people.
There are five Commonwealthairmen in this cemetery from World War Two, 4 from the UK and 1 from Poland.
Numansdorp is a village situated 35 kilometres south-west of Rotterdam. The cemetery is on the western outskirts of Numansdorp, on the south side of the by-road to Zuid Beijerland. The Commonwealth war graves are located on the eastern side of the main path. They are marked with the usual headstones, and, together with several Dutch military graves, are set in a brick memorial erected by the local people.
There are five Commonwealthairmen in this cemetery from World War Two, 4 from the UK and 1 from Poland.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
33186 Flight Lieutenant
Michael Stephen Donne
17 Squadron, Royal Air Force
11th May 1940, aged 23.
Michael Stephen Donne
17 Squadron, Royal Air Force
11th May 1940, aged 23.
1272168 Sergeant
Leslie George Hardy
432 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
30th May 1943, aged 23.
Son of George and Beatrice Hardy, of Harringay, Middlesex.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Les. Ever Loved, Never Forgotten"
Leslie George Hardy
432 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
30th May 1943, aged 23.
Son of George and Beatrice Hardy, of Harringay, Middlesex.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Les. Ever Loved, Never Forgotten"
Kapitan
Edmund Franciszek Krzeminski
317 Squadron, Polish Air Force
29th October 1944.
Edmund Franciszek Krzeminski
317 Squadron, Polish Air Force
29th October 1944.
Other Burial Details
1586006 Sergeant Edwin Charles Albert Barnes, 218 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 31st July 1943, aged 20. Son of Charles Henry Joseph and Violet Leah Barnes, of Horfield, Bristol. His headstone bears the inscription "Faithful Unto Death"
591267 Sergeant James McRobbie Wallace, 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 10th September 1942.
1586006 Sergeant Edwin Charles Albert Barnes, 218 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 31st July 1943, aged 20. Son of Charles Henry Joseph and Violet Leah Barnes, of Horfield, Bristol. His headstone bears the inscription "Faithful Unto Death"
591267 Sergeant James McRobbie Wallace, 149 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 10th September 1942.
