VLAARDINGEN (EMAUS) GENERAL CEMETERY
Zuid-Holland
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.916, Longitude: 4.34586
Location Information
Vlaardingen is a town situated 12 kilometres west of Rotterdam and 25 kilometres south-south-east of The Hague. This cemetery is situated to the south of the A20 (the road from Hook of Holland to Rotterdam). From the A20 take exit 9 (afrit 9). At the end of the exit you turn left under the A20 to the Burgemeester Verkadesingel, then take the second road at your right (this is the Kethelweg). This road changes to Plein Emaus and then Emaus, and at the end of this road you will find the old general cemetery.
The 3 collective war graves are situated in a prominent position in a Dutch Memorial Park of Honour, in the north-eastern part of the cemetery.
Burial Details:
C/JX 171648 Ordinary Seaman Thomas Goshawk, H.M.S. Wild Swan, Royal Navy, died 11th May 1940.
C/JX 172725 Frank George Higgs, H.M.S. Wild Swan, Royal Navy, died 11th May 1940.
Commander James Alexander Corrie Hill, Mentioned in Despatches, H. M. S. Wild Swan, Royal Navy, died 11th May 1940, aged 39. Son of James and Florence Corrie Hill; husband of Irene Corrie Hill, of Earls Court, London.
Vlaardingen is a town situated 12 kilometres west of Rotterdam and 25 kilometres south-south-east of The Hague. This cemetery is situated to the south of the A20 (the road from Hook of Holland to Rotterdam). From the A20 take exit 9 (afrit 9). At the end of the exit you turn left under the A20 to the Burgemeester Verkadesingel, then take the second road at your right (this is the Kethelweg). This road changes to Plein Emaus and then Emaus, and at the end of this road you will find the old general cemetery.
The 3 collective war graves are situated in a prominent position in a Dutch Memorial Park of Honour, in the north-eastern part of the cemetery.
Burial Details:
C/JX 171648 Ordinary Seaman Thomas Goshawk, H.M.S. Wild Swan, Royal Navy, died 11th May 1940.
C/JX 172725 Frank George Higgs, H.M.S. Wild Swan, Royal Navy, died 11th May 1940.
Commander James Alexander Corrie Hill, Mentioned in Despatches, H. M. S. Wild Swan, Royal Navy, died 11th May 1940, aged 39. Son of James and Florence Corrie Hill; husband of Irene Corrie Hill, of Earls Court, London.
