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OOSTVOORNE PROTESTANT CEMETERY
Zuid-Holland
The Netherlands

Location Information

Oostvoorne is a village situated 28 kilometres west of Rotterdam and 36 kilometres south-west of The Hague. The cemetery is on the southern side of the village, east of the road from Rockanje in a road called Voorweg.


History Information

There are now 10, 1939-1945 War casualties commemorated in this site, of these 4 are unidentified.


Burial Details


1558691 Sergeant David Robertson Bell, Air Bomber in 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th May 1944, aged 21. Son of Lachlan and Margaret Cameron Bell, of Elderslie, Johnstone, Renfrewshire.

111787 Pilot Officer Kenneth Albert Higgs, Bomb Aimer in 35 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th August 1942.

J/13396 Flight Lieutenant Hugh Edward Maguire, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 524 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 30th August 1944.

538737 Sergeant George Edwin Maydon, Wireless Operator in 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 4th July 1940, aged 22.
Son of William Edwin and Selina Annie Maydon, of Hillingdon, Middlesex.


755141 Sergeant Henry Raven Sunderland, Observer in 235 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 12th May 1940, aged 23. Son of Lilian Sunderland, of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.

552475 Leading Aircraftman Roy Harry Tyler, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 235 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 12th May 1940, aged 19. Son of Harry P. and Constance Ivy Mary Tyler, of Leicester; nephew of Mr. R. G. Hytch, of Leicester.


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The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
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    • BELGIAN NON COMMONWEALTH CEMETERIES
  • France
    • CEMETERIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
    • AISNE
    • ARDENNES
    • CALVADOS
    • EURE AND EURE-ET-LOIR
    • FINISTÈRE
    • MARNE
    • NORD
    • OISE
    • PAS DE CALAIS
    • SEINE-MARITIME
    • SOMME
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS, A - L
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS, M - Z
    • FRENCH NON COMMONWEALTH CEMETERIES
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • United Kingdom
  • Other Countries
  • Miscellaneous
  • Victoria Cross