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WIJHE GENERAL CEMETERY

Overijssel

The Netherlands

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 52.40095, Longitude: 6.15265

Location Information

Wijhe is 15 kilometres south of Zwolle on the road to Deventer. The cemetery is 2 kilometres north-east of the village on the north-western side of the by-road to Heino. In a prominent position west of the entrance are the graves of 2 British airmen and 1 Canadian airman.

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Wijhe General Cemetery
Wijhe General Cemetery
Wijhe General Cemetery
Wijhe General Cemetery
Wijhe General Cemetery
Wijhe General Cemetery
Wijhe General Cemetery
Wijhe General Cemetery
Wijhe General Cemetery
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J/23898 Flying Officer
Frederick Heath Broad
257 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
19th November 1944, aged 21.
Plot 41. E. 2.

Son of Frederick and Doris Broad, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; husband of A. Broad.

His headstone bears the inscription "He That Believeth In Me, Though He Were Dead, Yet Shall; He Live" St. John XI. 25




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170251 Flying Officer
John Edward Cecil Hardy
608 Squadron, 
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
6th December 1944, aged 32.
Plot 41. E. 1.


Son of Robert Day Hardy and Agnes Ann Hardy; husband of Doris Hardy, of Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire.

His headstone bears the inscription "Loving Memories Of Our Dear One. Those Who Loved Him Will Never Forget"





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141774 Flying Officer
Graeme Robert Eric Weir
608 Squadron, 
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
6th December 1944.
Plot 41. E. 3.




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