SWARTBROEK CHURCHYARD
Limburg
Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.22994, Longitude: 5.77143
Location Information
The village of Swartbroek is in the south of the Netherlands approx 25kms to the south east of Eindhoven.
From the A2 motorway Eindhoven to Maastricht take exit 40 (Afrit 40) N280 KELPEN-OLER / ROERMOND.
Follow direction WEERT and after approx 700m turn left onto the MOLENBRUGWEG direction SWARTBROEK.
Continue for approx 1km and then turn left onto the ITTERVOORTERWEG direction HUNSEL-ELL / TUNGELROY / STAMPROY.
The cemetery can be found approx 50m on the right beside the church.
The cemetery address is:-
Ittervoorterweg
6005 Swartbroek
Limburg
Netherlands
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this churchyard is possible via the main entrance.
Historical Information
On the north-west side of the church is a plot containing the graves of 50 British soldiers, 1 British airman, and 1 French airman.
4038323 Corporal
George Ash
4th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
6th January 1945, aged 31.
Row 2. Grave 2A.
Son of James and Clara Ash, of Darlaston, Staffordshire; husband of Elsie Ash, of Darlaston.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Bitter Blow, A Grief Sincere To Part With One We Loved So Dear"
George Ash
4th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
6th January 1945, aged 31.
Row 2. Grave 2A.
Son of James and Clara Ash, of Darlaston, Staffordshire; husband of Elsie Ash, of Darlaston.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Bitter Blow, A Grief Sincere To Part With One We Loved So Dear"
5956585 Corporal
George Alfred Baynes
3rd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
3rd February 1945, aged 32.
Row 3. Grave 3A.
Son of Alfred and Nellie Baynes, of Ickleton, Cambridgeshire; husband of Irene Mary Baynes, of Ickleton.
George Alfred Baynes
3rd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
3rd February 1945, aged 32.
Row 3. Grave 3A.
Son of Alfred and Nellie Baynes, of Ickleton, Cambridgeshire; husband of Irene Mary Baynes, of Ickleton.
14652667 Private
John Young Charlton
2nd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
2nd December 1944, aged 19.
Row 1. Grave 5A.
Son of John Young Charlton and Eleanor Charlton, of Winder, Cumberland.
His headstone bears the inscription "Home At Last, Thy Labour Done, Safe And Blest, The Victory Won"
John Young Charlton
2nd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
2nd December 1944, aged 19.
Row 1. Grave 5A.
Son of John Young Charlton and Eleanor Charlton, of Winder, Cumberland.
His headstone bears the inscription "Home At Last, Thy Labour Done, Safe And Blest, The Victory Won"
3774084 Corporal
George Frederick Hancock
4th Bn. Royal Welch Fusiliers
6th December 1944, aged 25.
Row 1. Grave 2.
Son of Herbert and Emily Hancock; husband of Audrey Mary Hancock, of Knaresborough, Yorkshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Proud And Cherished Memories Of A Devoted Husband. For Ever In My Thoughts"
George Frederick Hancock
4th Bn. Royal Welch Fusiliers
6th December 1944, aged 25.
Row 1. Grave 2.
Son of Herbert and Emily Hancock; husband of Audrey Mary Hancock, of Knaresborough, Yorkshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Proud And Cherished Memories Of A Devoted Husband. For Ever In My Thoughts"
5345492 Private
Robert William Lumsden
3rd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
18th December 1944, aged 31.
Row 1. Grave 6A.
Son of Ann Lumsden, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Son So Dear. For All, He Did His Best, God Grant Him Eternal Rest. Mum"
Robert William Lumsden
3rd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
18th December 1944, aged 31.
Row 1. Grave 6A.
Son of Ann Lumsden, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Son So Dear. For All, He Did His Best, God Grant Him Eternal Rest. Mum"
