OUDEWATER PROTESTANT CEMETERY
Utrecht
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 52.02072, Longitude: 4.87645
Location Information
Oudewater is a village 24 kilometres south-west of Utrecht, 9 kilometres east of Gouda, and 37 kilometres north-east of Rotterdam. The cemetery is on the eastern outskirts of Oudewater, on the northern side of the road to Montfort. The names of the airmen buried here are engraved on a small Dutch memorial erected on the opposite side of the road, in front of the Roman Catholic Cemetery.
There are a total of seven Commonwealth Airmen buried here, 6 from the United Kingdom and 1 from New Zealand.
Oudewater is a village 24 kilometres south-west of Utrecht, 9 kilometres east of Gouda, and 37 kilometres north-east of Rotterdam. The cemetery is on the eastern outskirts of Oudewater, on the northern side of the road to Montfort. The names of the airmen buried here are engraved on a small Dutch memorial erected on the opposite side of the road, in front of the Roman Catholic Cemetery.
There are a total of seven Commonwealth Airmen buried here, 6 from the United Kingdom and 1 from New Zealand.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
116210 Flying Officer
Hector Robinson
9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
10th April 1943, aged 25.
Son of Alex and Jane T. Robertson, of Aberdeen. Chartered Accountant.
His headstone bears the inscription "To Memory Dear"
Born on 10 October 1917, son of Alexander Robertson, Fireman and Market Gardener and Jane T Robertson of 82 Chapel Street and later of 44 Don Street, Aberdeen. He left school to take up an apprenticeship with Thomson Aikman, C.A. Aberdeen. He volunteered for the RAF and, after training, was engaged in active operations. Hector was a keen cricketer and played for the Western club.
Hector Robinson
9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
10th April 1943, aged 25.
Son of Alex and Jane T. Robertson, of Aberdeen. Chartered Accountant.
His headstone bears the inscription "To Memory Dear"
Born on 10 October 1917, son of Alexander Robertson, Fireman and Market Gardener and Jane T Robertson of 82 Chapel Street and later of 44 Don Street, Aberdeen. He left school to take up an apprenticeship with Thomson Aikman, C.A. Aberdeen. He volunteered for the RAF and, after training, was engaged in active operations. Hector was a keen cricketer and played for the Western club.
402918 Warrant Officer
Arthur Miles White
9 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
10th April 1943, aged 23.
Son of Alfred John and Doris White, of Hamilton, Waikato, Auckland, New Zealand.
Arthur Miles White
9 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
10th April 1943, aged 23.
Son of Alfred John and Doris White, of Hamilton, Waikato, Auckland, New Zealand.
Other Burial Details
1377348 Sergeant William Arthur Barker, 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 10th April 1943, aged 32.
Son of Thomas Edmund and Jessie Elizabeth Emma Barker, of Cromer, Norfolk. His headstone bears the inscription "In Grateful Memory Of Bill And Of Our Happy 32 Years. Father, Mother And Joy.
80369 Flying Officer Newton Bird, 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 10th April 1943.
80374 Flying Officer Graham John Gibbings, 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 10th April 1943, aged 20. Son of Reginald John and Mabel Constance Gibbings, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man"
1320164 Sergeant William Roy Jakeaway, 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 10th April 1943, aged 19.
Son of Arthur William Jakeway, and stepson of Madge Elsie Jakeway, of Barnet, Hertfordshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Ever In Our Thoughts. God Be With You Till We Meet Again. Dad, Mummie And All"
812184 Sergeant Norman Percy Tutt, 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 10th April 1943, aged 22. Son of Percy John and Annie Elizabeth Tutt, of Ashford, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "Until We Meet Again. Loved And Remembered Always. Dad, Mum And Sister"
1377348 Sergeant William Arthur Barker, 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 10th April 1943, aged 32.
Son of Thomas Edmund and Jessie Elizabeth Emma Barker, of Cromer, Norfolk. His headstone bears the inscription "In Grateful Memory Of Bill And Of Our Happy 32 Years. Father, Mother And Joy.
80369 Flying Officer Newton Bird, 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 10th April 1943.
80374 Flying Officer Graham John Gibbings, 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 10th April 1943, aged 20. Son of Reginald John and Mabel Constance Gibbings, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man"
1320164 Sergeant William Roy Jakeaway, 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 10th April 1943, aged 19.
Son of Arthur William Jakeway, and stepson of Madge Elsie Jakeway, of Barnet, Hertfordshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Ever In Our Thoughts. God Be With You Till We Meet Again. Dad, Mummie And All"
812184 Sergeant Norman Percy Tutt, 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 10th April 1943, aged 22. Son of Percy John and Annie Elizabeth Tutt, of Ashford, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "Until We Meet Again. Loved And Remembered Always. Dad, Mum And Sister"
