VELSEN (DRIEHUIS-WESTERVELD) PRIVATE CEMETERY
Noord-Holland
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 52.44477, Longitude: 4.63212
Image above © Johan Pauwels
Location Information
Driehuis-Westerveld is a village in the commune of Velsen and is 13 kilometres north of Haarlem. It lies 3 kilometres west of the main Haarlem-Den Helder road and 2 kilometres south of the road to Ijmuiden.
The cemetery is located in Duin en Kruidbergerweg by the junction of Driehuizerkerkweg.
In the north-eastern part is a plot of graves in which are buried sailors, soldiers and airmen from the United Kingdom. The soldiers and sailors are not identified. In the north-western part, close to the crematorium, is the grave of a Dutch airman who served with the Royal Air Force.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
P/JX141891 Able Seaman
Adam Henderson Gray
H. M. S. Whitshed, Royal Navy
16th May 1940, aged 22.
Son of David Turnbull Gray and Mary Rodger Gray, of Skirling, Lanarkshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Without Farewell You Fell Asleep Leaving Us Only A Memory to Keep"
Adam Henderson Gray
H. M. S. Whitshed, Royal Navy
16th May 1940, aged 22.
Son of David Turnbull Gray and Mary Rodger Gray, of Skirling, Lanarkshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Without Farewell You Fell Asleep Leaving Us Only A Memory to Keep"
Other Identified Burial
D/KX139257 Stoker 2nd Class, Herbert Frederick James Holloway, H. M. M. T. B. 220, Royal Navy, died 13th May 1942.
Son of Herbert and Florence Holloway, of St. George, Bristol. His headstone bears the inscription "Peacefully Sleeping" Treasured Memories For Ever Of Our Dear Son. Mum, Dad, Marg, Roy
D/KX139257 Stoker 2nd Class, Herbert Frederick James Holloway, H. M. M. T. B. 220, Royal Navy, died 13th May 1942.
Son of Herbert and Florence Holloway, of St. George, Bristol. His headstone bears the inscription "Peacefully Sleeping" Treasured Memories For Ever Of Our Dear Son. Mum, Dad, Marg, Roy
