WISSENKERKE GENERAL CEMETERY
Zeeland
Netherlands
Location Information
Wissenkerke is a village in the western half of the island of Noord Beveland It is part of the Noord-Beveland municipality located in the province of Zeeland, in the south-western Netherlands. It is approx 21kms north east of Middelburg.
Located centrally on the right are the graves of 1 sailor and 3 soldiers from the United Kingdom and one Canadian airman.
The cemetery address is:- Nieuweweg, Wissenkerke.
Burial Details
14656477 Private Douglas Gillon, King's Own Scottish Borderers and No. 4 Commando, died 20th January 1945, aged 19.
Son of Michael and Annie Gillon, of Dumfries.
J/88735 Pilot Officer Robert Elliot Hendry, Air Gunner in 408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 27th April 1944, aged 19. Son of Thomas and Luella Hendry, of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
14766685 Private Edward Alexander Jackson Clark Hutchison, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) and No. 4 Commando, died 8th March 1945.
1874817 Sapper Douglas Ivor Lewis, 17 Field Company, Royal Engineers, died 1st June 1940.
CH/X 112514 Marine David John Summers, H. M. L. C. S. (M) 902, Royal Marines, died 12th February 1945, aged 21.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Wissenkerke is a village in the western half of the island of Noord Beveland It is part of the Noord-Beveland municipality located in the province of Zeeland, in the south-western Netherlands. It is approx 21kms north east of Middelburg.
Located centrally on the right are the graves of 1 sailor and 3 soldiers from the United Kingdom and one Canadian airman.
The cemetery address is:- Nieuweweg, Wissenkerke.
Burial Details
14656477 Private Douglas Gillon, King's Own Scottish Borderers and No. 4 Commando, died 20th January 1945, aged 19.
Son of Michael and Annie Gillon, of Dumfries.
J/88735 Pilot Officer Robert Elliot Hendry, Air Gunner in 408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 27th April 1944, aged 19. Son of Thomas and Luella Hendry, of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
14766685 Private Edward Alexander Jackson Clark Hutchison, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) and No. 4 Commando, died 8th March 1945.
1874817 Sapper Douglas Ivor Lewis, 17 Field Company, Royal Engineers, died 1st June 1940.
CH/X 112514 Marine David John Summers, H. M. L. C. S. (M) 902, Royal Marines, died 12th February 1945, aged 21.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
