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UDENHOUT (BIEZENMORTEL) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY

Noord-Brabant

The Netherlands

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.62412, Longitude: 5.17871

Location Information

Biezemnortel is a hamlet about 3 kilometres north-east of Udenhout, on the road to Helvoirt. The cemetery is about 150 metres east of the church, which lies on the south side of the road to Helvoirt about 300 metres from this road. In the south-east part are the graves of 6 airmen, one of whom belonged to the Royal Air Force, and the others to the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Udenhout (Biezenmortel) Roman Catholic Cemetery
Udenhout (Biezenmortel) Roman Catholic Cemetery
Udenhout (Biezenmortel) Roman Catholic Cemetery
Udenhout (Biezenmortel) Roman Catholic Cemetery
Udenhout (Biezenmortel) Roman Catholic Cemetery
Udenhout (Biezenmortel) Roman Catholic Cemetery
Udenhout (Biezenmortel) Roman Catholic Cemetery
Udenhout (Biezenmortel) Roman Catholic Cemetery
Udenhout (Biezenmortel) Roman Catholic Cemetery
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J/87070 Pilot Officer
Alan Gilmore Fairless
431 Squadron, .
Royal Canadian Air Force
17th June 1944, aged 28.


Son of John Davison Fairless and Dorothy Clara Fairless, of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "Ever In Our Memory Is Our Pal Alan. Mother Dad, Jack And George"




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J/89921 Pilot Officer
George O. Massicotte
431 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
17th June 1944.

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J/90244 Pilot Officer
Joseph Maxwell McPherson
431 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
17th June 1944, aged 22.

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Son of Hugh H. and Margaret B. McPherson, of Blenheim, Ontario, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "We Cannot, Lord Thy Purpose See But All Is Well That's Done By Thee"


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J/90243 Pilot Officer
Donald Clifford McPherson
431 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
17th June 1944.




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J/90245 Pilot Officer
Herbert Grant Robinson
431 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
17th June 1944, aged 24.

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Son of Joseph and Ella May Robinson, of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "Not Just Today But Every Day In Silence We Remember"

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Other Burial Details

2202757 Sergeant Edmund Guinan, 431 Squadron, 
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 17th June 1944, aged 32. Son of John and Anne Guinan, of Liverpool; husband of Janet Guinan, of Liverpool. His headstone bears the inscription "A Proud And Precious Memory Of My Dear Husband "Teddy"

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UDENHOUT ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHYARD
TILBURG (GILZERBAAN) GENERAL CEMETERY

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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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