SCHALKWIJK ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Utrecht
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.99468, Longitude: 5.18412
Location Information
Schalkwijk is 15 kilometres south-south-east of Utrecht, and 56 kilometres west of Arnhem. The Roman Catholic Cemetery is on the western outskirts of Schalkwijk, on the north side of the road to Houten. The British grave is adjacent to a small chapel in the centre of the cemetery.
Schalkwijk is 15 kilometres south-south-east of Utrecht, and 56 kilometres west of Arnhem. The Roman Catholic Cemetery is on the western outskirts of Schalkwijk, on the north side of the road to Houten. The British grave is adjacent to a small chapel in the centre of the cemetery.
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4914107 Lance Corporal
Herbert Spooner
2nd (Airborne) Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
26th September 1944, aged 27.
Son of Benjamin and Helen Spooner; husband of Irene Spooner, of Tamworth. Staffordshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave That We Should Live In Freedom. Let His Giving Not Go Unanswered"
Herbert Spooner
2nd (Airborne) Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
26th September 1944, aged 27.
Son of Benjamin and Helen Spooner; husband of Irene Spooner, of Tamworth. Staffordshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave That We Should Live In Freedom. Let His Giving Not Go Unanswered"
