OPLOO (ST. ANTHONIS) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD
Noord-Brabant
Netherlands
Location Information
This cemetery is in the village and municipality of St. Anthonis and is on the main Oploo-Boxmeer road. It is 4 kilometres north of Oploo, and 6 kilometres south-west of Boxmeer.
The churchyard is in the centre of the village.
Historical Information
There are now a small number of 1939-1945 War casualties commemorated in this site.
Burial Details
117242 Captain Roland Hubert Wyburne Ellis, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps, died 27th September 1944, aged 31. Son of Bertram W. Ellis, and of Winifred D. Ellis (nee Mackinnon) of Cookham Dean, Berkshire. B.A., LL.B.
14664958 Lance Corporal Maurice Charles Lock, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, R. A. C., died 25th September 1944, aged 29. Son of Arthur George and Elsie A. Lock; husband of Una Jessmee Lock, of Dartmouth, Devon.
51903 Lieutenant Colonel David Arthur Henry Silvertop, D. S. O., M. C. 14th/20th King's Hussars Cdg. 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C., died 25th September 1944, aged 32. Son of Comdr. Arthur Edward Silvertop, R.N. (killed in action at The Battle of Jutland 31st May, 1916), and of Dorothy Silvertop (nee Dalglish).
149792 Lieutenant John Wilson, Royal Artillery attached to 659 A. O. P. Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 15th November 1944, aged 26. Son of John and Mary Wilson, of Greenock, Renfrewshire.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
This cemetery is in the village and municipality of St. Anthonis and is on the main Oploo-Boxmeer road. It is 4 kilometres north of Oploo, and 6 kilometres south-west of Boxmeer.
The churchyard is in the centre of the village.
Historical Information
There are now a small number of 1939-1945 War casualties commemorated in this site.
Burial Details
117242 Captain Roland Hubert Wyburne Ellis, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps, died 27th September 1944, aged 31. Son of Bertram W. Ellis, and of Winifred D. Ellis (nee Mackinnon) of Cookham Dean, Berkshire. B.A., LL.B.
14664958 Lance Corporal Maurice Charles Lock, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, R. A. C., died 25th September 1944, aged 29. Son of Arthur George and Elsie A. Lock; husband of Una Jessmee Lock, of Dartmouth, Devon.
51903 Lieutenant Colonel David Arthur Henry Silvertop, D. S. O., M. C. 14th/20th King's Hussars Cdg. 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C., died 25th September 1944, aged 32. Son of Comdr. Arthur Edward Silvertop, R.N. (killed in action at The Battle of Jutland 31st May, 1916), and of Dorothy Silvertop (nee Dalglish).
149792 Lieutenant John Wilson, Royal Artillery attached to 659 A. O. P. Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 15th November 1944, aged 26. Son of John and Mary Wilson, of Greenock, Renfrewshire.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
