SCHOORL GENERAL CEMETERY
Noord-Holland
Netherlands
Location Information
Schoorl is a village 11 kilometres north-west of Alkmaar, lying 2 kilometres west of the main Alkmaar-Den Helder road.
The cemetery is on the north-eastern outskirts of the village, on the Molenweg, a turning off of Laanweg. In the south eastern corner are the graves of 2 sailors and 1 airmen from the United Kingdom, and 1 unidentified soldier.
Historical Information
Schoorl General Cemetery contains three Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, and 1 entirely unidentified soldier.
Burial Details
72466 Flying Officer Hugh Christopher Corbett, Pilot in 53 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th August 1940, aged 22. Son of Adrian and Nita Corbett.
P/J64431 Able Seaman Ernest Alfred James Dormer, H.M.S. Whitshed, Royal Navy, died 10th May 1940, aged 39. Son of Ernest and Jane Dormer, of Portsmouth; husband of Nancy Dormer.
Lieutenant Hugh Clunas Slater, H.M. Drifter Ocean Reward, Royal Naval Reserve, died 28th May 1940, aged 36. Son of Peter Henderson Slater and Elizabeth Weir Ferguson Clunas Slater; husband of Phyllis Slater, of Lytham St. Anne's, Lancashire. His brother Peter Henderson Slater, also died on service and he is commemorated at the Glasgow Crematorium.
Pictures © Frits Leenders
Schoorl is a village 11 kilometres north-west of Alkmaar, lying 2 kilometres west of the main Alkmaar-Den Helder road.
The cemetery is on the north-eastern outskirts of the village, on the Molenweg, a turning off of Laanweg. In the south eastern corner are the graves of 2 sailors and 1 airmen from the United Kingdom, and 1 unidentified soldier.
Historical Information
Schoorl General Cemetery contains three Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, and 1 entirely unidentified soldier.
Burial Details
72466 Flying Officer Hugh Christopher Corbett, Pilot in 53 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 4th August 1940, aged 22. Son of Adrian and Nita Corbett.
P/J64431 Able Seaman Ernest Alfred James Dormer, H.M.S. Whitshed, Royal Navy, died 10th May 1940, aged 39. Son of Ernest and Jane Dormer, of Portsmouth; husband of Nancy Dormer.
Lieutenant Hugh Clunas Slater, H.M. Drifter Ocean Reward, Royal Naval Reserve, died 28th May 1940, aged 36. Son of Peter Henderson Slater and Elizabeth Weir Ferguson Clunas Slater; husband of Phyllis Slater, of Lytham St. Anne's, Lancashire. His brother Peter Henderson Slater, also died on service and he is commemorated at the Glasgow Crematorium.
Pictures © Frits Leenders
