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RENKUM  (OOSTERBEEK) GENERAL CEMETERY

Gelderland

Netherlands

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.99314, Longitude: 5.84985​

Location Information

The village of Oosterbeek, which is administered by Renkum, lies about 3 kilometres north-west of Arnhem, on the road to Renkum and Wageningen. The cemetery is 1 kilometre north of the village facing Arnhem War Cemetery. The war graves are in the northern part.


Historical Information

There are 9, 1939-1945 War casualties commemorated in this site. All the Airmen are from the United Kingdom.
Renkum (Oosterbeek) General Cemetery
Renkum (Oosterbeek) General Cemetery
Renkum (Oosterbeek) General Cemetery

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Renkum (Oosterbeek) General Cemetery
Renkum (Oosterbeek) General Cemetery
Renkum (Oosterbeek) General Cemetery
Renkum (Oosterbeek) General Cemetery
Renkum (Oosterbeek) General Cemetery
Renkum (Oosterbeek) General Cemetery
Renkum (Oosterbeek) General Cemetery
Renkum (Oosterbeek) General Cemetery
Renkum (Oosterbeek) General Cemetery
Renkum (Oosterbeek) General Cemetery
Renkum (Oosterbeek) General Cemetery
Renkum (Oosterbeek) General Cemetery
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1430145 Sergeant
Harry Biggin
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
15th June 1943, aged 20.

Son of Harry and Jean Biggin, of Sheffield.

His headstone bears the inscription "He Saw The Glory Of His Country, He Now Sees The Glory Of God. Devoted Mother"



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1388306 Sergeant
George Stanley Cole
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
15th June 1943.

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1535807 Sergeant
John William Deacon

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
15th June 1943, aged 20.


Grandson of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. S. Deacon; nephew of Mrs. C. G. Wagstaff, of Potters Bar,
Middlesex.

His headstone bears the inscription " Requiem Aeternam Dona Ei Domine; Et Lux Perpetua Luceat Ei"




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572648 Sergeant
John Perryer Harper
Royal Air Force
15th June 1943, aged 21.

Son of Bertram John and Daisy Clarice Mary Harper, of Redcar, Yorkshire.

His headstone bears the inscription "Safe In The Everlasting Arms"




Other Burial Details

1314643 Sergeant Alan Aldridge
, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th July 1942, aged 20. Son of Clifton and Hilda Minnie Aldridge, of Whitecroft, Gloucestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "Thou, Lord, Their Captain In The Well Fought Fight, Alleluia"

1319045 Sergeant Conrad Alfred Stanley Barnett, 
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th JUne 1943, aged 19. Son of Alfred and Margery Barnett, of Cricklewood, Middlesex. His headstone bears the inscription "Love Overcoming Death"

573105 Sergeant Frederick Thomas Lax, 15 Squadron, 
Royal Air Force, 3rd February 1943. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Lax, of Dunblane, Perthshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Yours Was The Glory Dear Heart Your memory Hallowed In The Land You Loved"

1038105 Sergeant Harry Robert Rhodes, 
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th June 1943, aged 22. 
Son of Robert Arthur Rhodes, and of Mary Rhodes, of Oldham, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription "Eternal Rest Give Unto Them, O lord; May They Rest In Peace. Good-Night, Love, Mother"

112306 Pilot Officer Verle Marshall Smith, 
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th July 1942.

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
RENKUM ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
ARNHEM (MOSCOWA) GENERAL CEMETERY


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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.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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