TERSCHELLING (WEST-TERSCHELLING) GENERAL CEMETERY
Friesland
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 53.36591, Longitude: 5.215193
Picture © Rutger Leenders
Location Information
Terschelling is one of the Wadden Islands, which form an archipelago off the north coast of the Netherlands, it is some 11 kilometres from the mainland and is located in the municipality of Terschelling, which is in the province of Friesland. The island can be reached from Harlingen on the mainland by ferry. Harlingen is approx 12 kilometres south-west of Franeker and approx 30 kilometres west of Leeuwarden. The Commonwealth War Graves plot is located immediately inside the main entrance gate.
Visiting Information
Visitors, please note that tourists are not permitted to bring their cars aboard the ferry from the mainland to Terschelling
The cemetery address is :- Longway 23-19, West-Terschelling, Terschelling
Historical Information
Total Burials: 84.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 42, Canada 9, Australia 8, Poland 5, New Zealand 4. Total 68.
Unidentified Casualties: 16.
Images in this gallery Rutger Leenders
567353 Flight Sergeant
Robert Ronald Bell
97 Squadron, Royal Air Force
8th August 1941.
Grave 33.
Robert Ronald Bell
97 Squadron, Royal Air Force
8th August 1941.
Grave 33.
400010 Pilot Officer
Wadya Wellesley Bell-Towers
Royal Australian Air Force
15th August 1941, aged 32.
Grave 30.
Son of Henry Linacre Bell-Towers and Isabel Marion Bell-Towers; husband of Merla Bell Towers, of Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.
Wadya Wellesley Bell-Towers
Royal Australian Air Force
15th August 1941, aged 32.
Grave 30.
Son of Henry Linacre Bell-Towers and Isabel Marion Bell-Towers; husband of Merla Bell Towers, of Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.
J/7197 Pilot Officer
Barrie Phillip Cardinal
214 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
7th June 1942, aged 21.
Grave 41.
Son of Louis Arthur and Dorothy Margaret Cardinal, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "We Loved Him In Life, We Shall Not Forget Him In Death. Mother And Dad"
Barrie Phillip Cardinal
214 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
7th June 1942, aged 21.
Grave 41.
Son of Louis Arthur and Dorothy Margaret Cardinal, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "We Loved Him In Life, We Shall Not Forget Him In Death. Mother And Dad"
124634 Pilot Officer
Ian Patterson Clark
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
26th June 1942, aged 27.
Grave 52.
Son of John Clark and of Lily Spence Clark (nee Patterson), of Dundee.
His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
Ian Patterson Clark
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
26th June 1942, aged 27.
Grave 52.
Son of John Clark and of Lily Spence Clark (nee Patterson), of Dundee.
His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
