WEERT (MOLENPOORT) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Limburg
Netherlands
Location Information
Weert is a town on the main road from Roermond to Eindhoven, 16 kilometres west-north-west of Roermond. The Molenpoort cemetery is on the west side of the town, west of the main road to Eindhoven and 300 metres south of the bridge over the Zuidwillemsvaart canal. Cross the canal and turn into Molenpoort, and the cemetery is along here on the left. The Commonwealth war graves are located to the front left hand side of the cemetery.
Historical Information
Weert is a town on the main road from Roermond to Eindhoven, 10 miles west-north-west of Roermond. The Molenpoort cemetery is on the west side of the town, 150 yards west of the main road to Eindhoven and 250 yards south of the bridge over the Zuidwillemsvaart canal. In a prominent position near the entrance to the cemetery are the graves of 3 British airmen.
Burial Details
2208436 Sergeant Alistair Campbell, Wireless Operator in 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd September 1944, aged 20. Son of William and Jessie Campbell, of Coatbridge, Lanarkshire.
159102 Flying Officer William Thomas Grew, Air Gunner in 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd September 1944, aged 22. Son of Thomas George C. and Ethel Winifred Grew, of Chelmsford, Essex; husband of Maureen Grew.
161665 Flying Officer John Stewart Richardson Swanson, Pilot in 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd September 1944, aged 22. Son of John Richardson Swanson and Isabella Moon Swanson; husband of Elaine Swanson, of Monifieth, Angus.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Weert is a town on the main road from Roermond to Eindhoven, 16 kilometres west-north-west of Roermond. The Molenpoort cemetery is on the west side of the town, west of the main road to Eindhoven and 300 metres south of the bridge over the Zuidwillemsvaart canal. Cross the canal and turn into Molenpoort, and the cemetery is along here on the left. The Commonwealth war graves are located to the front left hand side of the cemetery.
Historical Information
Weert is a town on the main road from Roermond to Eindhoven, 10 miles west-north-west of Roermond. The Molenpoort cemetery is on the west side of the town, 150 yards west of the main road to Eindhoven and 250 yards south of the bridge over the Zuidwillemsvaart canal. In a prominent position near the entrance to the cemetery are the graves of 3 British airmen.
Burial Details
2208436 Sergeant Alistair Campbell, Wireless Operator in 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd September 1944, aged 20. Son of William and Jessie Campbell, of Coatbridge, Lanarkshire.
159102 Flying Officer William Thomas Grew, Air Gunner in 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd September 1944, aged 22. Son of Thomas George C. and Ethel Winifred Grew, of Chelmsford, Essex; husband of Maureen Grew.
161665 Flying Officer John Stewart Richardson Swanson, Pilot in 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 23rd September 1944, aged 22. Son of John Richardson Swanson and Isabella Moon Swanson; husband of Elaine Swanson, of Monifieth, Angus.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
