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SMALLINGERLAND (OPEINDE) PROTESTANT CEMETERY
Friesland
The Netherlands

Location Information

The village of Opeinde, in the commune of Smallingerland, is 28 kilometres east-south-east of Leeuwarden and 4 kilometres north-west of Drachten. The cemetery is on the eastern outskirts of the village, on the northern side of the road to Drachten.


History Information

There are 3, 1939-1945 war casualties commemorated in this site.


​Burial Details


778188 Sergeant Joseph John Cooper, Flight Engineer in 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 27th July 1942, aged 21.
Son of Alfred John and Ann Frances Cooper, of Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa. 


1164033 Sergeant Maurice John Dembrey, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 27th July 1942, aged 26. Son of Frank Maurice and Lily Dembrey, of Taunton, Somerset.

42264 Squadron Leader Francis Harold Robertson, D. F. C. Pilot in 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 27th July 1942, aged 27.  Son of Percy and Alice Robertson, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.


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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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