WADENOIJEN PROTESTANT CHURCHYARD
Gelderland
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.87401, Longitude: 5.37909
Location Information
Wadenoijen is a village lying 38 kilometres west of Nijmegen and 5 kilometres west of Tiel. The churchyard is some 364 metres east of the village, on the south side of the road to Tiel. The eight Commonwealth war graves are near the south-eastern corner of the church.
Burial Details
1389130 Sergeant Wallace Arthur Dawe, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 1st March 1943, aged 22. Son of Wallace Edgar and Florence Elizabeth Dawe; husband of Vera Ann Dawe, of Colliers Wood, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "He Was No Old Campaigner Of The Skies, No Bitter Knowledge Haunted Those Clear Eyes"
414285 Flight Lieutenant Frank Hardman, 74 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 2nd February 1945, aged 26.
Son of Ernest and Mary Alice Hardman, of Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand.
648328 Sergeant David George Hobbs, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 1st March 1943. Son of Frank and Nellie Hobbs, of Wimbledon, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "The Years Roll On, The Days Go By, Loving Memories Never Die. Mum, Dad And Dora"
1541546 Sergeant Peter John Rose, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 1st March 1943, aged 21. Son of George Grimshaw Rose and Frances Maud Rose, of Liverpool. His headstone bears the inscription " For He Brought Them Out Of Darkness And Out Of The Shadow Of Death"
1455048 Sergeant Alfred Sandow, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 1st March 1943, aged 21. Son of Hyman and Kate Sandow. His headstone bears the inscription "Forever In Our Thoughts. Mum, Joe, Minnie, Hilda And Relatives In England And U. S. A."
121412 Flying Officer Francis Eric Townsend, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 1st March 1943.
1338068 Sergeant Harold Wood, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 1st March 1943, aged 33. Son of Edward and Ethel Wood; husband of Winifred Wood, of Caterham, Surrey.
1322153 Sergeant William Charles Yetton, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 1st March 1943.
Wadenoijen is a village lying 38 kilometres west of Nijmegen and 5 kilometres west of Tiel. The churchyard is some 364 metres east of the village, on the south side of the road to Tiel. The eight Commonwealth war graves are near the south-eastern corner of the church.
Burial Details
1389130 Sergeant Wallace Arthur Dawe, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 1st March 1943, aged 22. Son of Wallace Edgar and Florence Elizabeth Dawe; husband of Vera Ann Dawe, of Colliers Wood, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "He Was No Old Campaigner Of The Skies, No Bitter Knowledge Haunted Those Clear Eyes"
414285 Flight Lieutenant Frank Hardman, 74 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 2nd February 1945, aged 26.
Son of Ernest and Mary Alice Hardman, of Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand.
648328 Sergeant David George Hobbs, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 1st March 1943. Son of Frank and Nellie Hobbs, of Wimbledon, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "The Years Roll On, The Days Go By, Loving Memories Never Die. Mum, Dad And Dora"
1541546 Sergeant Peter John Rose, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 1st March 1943, aged 21. Son of George Grimshaw Rose and Frances Maud Rose, of Liverpool. His headstone bears the inscription " For He Brought Them Out Of Darkness And Out Of The Shadow Of Death"
1455048 Sergeant Alfred Sandow, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 1st March 1943, aged 21. Son of Hyman and Kate Sandow. His headstone bears the inscription "Forever In Our Thoughts. Mum, Joe, Minnie, Hilda And Relatives In England And U. S. A."
121412 Flying Officer Francis Eric Townsend, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 1st March 1943.
1338068 Sergeant Harold Wood, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 1st March 1943, aged 33. Son of Edward and Ethel Wood; husband of Winifred Wood, of Caterham, Surrey.
1322153 Sergeant William Charles Yetton, 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 1st March 1943.
