PIERSHIL PROTESTANT CHURCHYARD
Zuid-Holland
The Netherlands
Location Information
Piershil, a small village and commune in the province of South Holland, is 35 kilometres south-west of Rotterdam and 30 kilometres west-south-west of Dordrecht. The cemetery is in the centre of the village, partly surrounding the 16th century Protestant church.
History Information
There is one 1939-1945 War casualty commemorated in this site.
Burial Details
77117 Pilot Officer Robert Wyatt Echlin, Air Gunner in 600 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 10th May 1940, aged 36. Son of Edmund Burke Echlin and Margaret F. Echlin, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; husband of Winifred Joan Echlin, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Piershil, a small village and commune in the province of South Holland, is 35 kilometres south-west of Rotterdam and 30 kilometres west-south-west of Dordrecht. The cemetery is in the centre of the village, partly surrounding the 16th century Protestant church.
History Information
There is one 1939-1945 War casualty commemorated in this site.
Burial Details
77117 Pilot Officer Robert Wyatt Echlin, Air Gunner in 600 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 10th May 1940, aged 36. Son of Edmund Burke Echlin and Margaret F. Echlin, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; husband of Winifred Joan Echlin, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
