World War Two Cemeteries - A photographic guide to the cemeteries and memorials of WW2
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • LATEST UPDATES
  • Australia
  • Belgium
    • HAINAUT
    • OOST-VLAANDEREN
    • VLAAMS-BRABANT
    • WEST-VLAANDEREN
    • OTHER BELGIAN DEPARTMENTS
    • BELGIAN NON COMMONWEALTH CEMETERIES
  • France
    • CEMETERIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
    • AISNE
    • ARDENNES
    • CALVADOS
    • EURE AND EURE-ET-LOIR
    • FINISTÈRE
    • MARNE
    • NORD
    • OISE
    • PAS DE CALAIS
    • SEINE-MARITIME
    • SOMME
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS, A - L
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS, M - Z
    • FRENCH NON COMMONWEALTH CEMETERIES
    • MEMORIALS IN FRANCE
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • United Kingdom
  • Other Countries
  • Miscellaneous
  • Victoria Cross

SCHOONHOVEN (WILLIGE-LANGERACK) CHURCHYARD

Utrecht

The Netherlands

GPS Coordinates: 51°56'41.7"N 4°51'39.1"E​
​

Location Information

Willige-Langerack is a small village in, and administered by, the commune of Schoonhoven. It is about 12 kilometres east-south-east of Gouda, and 25 kilometres south-west of Utrecht. The nearest railway station is at Gouda. The church and churchyard are at the western edge of the village, about 50 yards north of the dyke road. Near the north-west corner of the church is the grave of a soldier from the United Kingdom.

Burial Details

4917906 Private Clarence Ash, 2nd (Airborne) Bn. 
South Staffordshire Regiment, died between 25th September 1944 and 26 September 1944, aged 25.

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Schoonhoven (Willige-Langerack) Churchyard
Schoonhoven (Willige-Langerack) Churchyard
Schoonhoven (Willige-Langerack) Churchyard
Schoonhoven (Willige-Langerack) Churchyard
Schoonhoven (Willige-Langerack) Churchyard

​NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
​

GOUDRIAAN GENERAL CEMETERY
OUDEWATER PROTESTANT CEMETERY
GORINCHEM GENERAL CEMETERY


​SUPPORT US BY CLICKING ON
​THE BUTTON BELOW
​

World War One Cemeteries
​

Please ask permission if you wish to use any of our images by using the contact tab above
​
Picture
 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Picture
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Picture
Australian War Memorial
Picture
New Zealand Online Cenotaph


​​© COPYRIGHT TERENCE HEARD AND BRENT WHITTAM
​
​ 2005-2026 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
.​

Disclaimer


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)


  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • LATEST UPDATES
  • Australia
  • Belgium
    • HAINAUT
    • OOST-VLAANDEREN
    • VLAAMS-BRABANT
    • WEST-VLAANDEREN
    • OTHER BELGIAN DEPARTMENTS
    • BELGIAN NON COMMONWEALTH CEMETERIES
  • France
    • CEMETERIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
    • AISNE
    • ARDENNES
    • CALVADOS
    • EURE AND EURE-ET-LOIR
    • FINISTÈRE
    • MARNE
    • NORD
    • OISE
    • PAS DE CALAIS
    • SEINE-MARITIME
    • SOMME
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS, A - L
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS, M - Z
    • FRENCH NON COMMONWEALTH CEMETERIES
    • MEMORIALS IN FRANCE
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • United Kingdom
  • Other Countries
  • Miscellaneous
  • Victoria Cross