ZAAMSLAG GENERAL CEMETERY
Zeeland
Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.31258, Longitude: 3.91784
Location Information
Zaamslag is a village in the middle of the Zeelandic Flanders. It is part of the Terneuzen Municipality, located in the province of Zeeland in the south-western Netherlands. It lies approx 9km east of Terneuzen On entering the cemetery take the 1st path on the right and continue for approx 80m (past the caretakers shed), then take the 2nd path on the right follow this to the end and the graves of 3 soldiers from the United Kingdom, marked by a permanent private memorial can be found. The cemetery address is:- Veerstraat,Zaamslag.
Burial Details
T/14544796 Driver Joseph Allen, 297 General Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps, died 2nd November 1944, aged 19.
299630 Lieutenant Derrick George Gooch, 297 General Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps, died 2nd November 1944, aged 20. Son of Wilfred George and Florence Isabel Victoria Gooch, of Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk.
1886350 Lance Serjeant Ronald Snelling, M. M. 26 Assault Squadron, Royal Engineers, died 26th October 1944, aged 25.
Son of Wilfred and Olive Snelling, of Hull.
Zaamslag is a village in the middle of the Zeelandic Flanders. It is part of the Terneuzen Municipality, located in the province of Zeeland in the south-western Netherlands. It lies approx 9km east of Terneuzen On entering the cemetery take the 1st path on the right and continue for approx 80m (past the caretakers shed), then take the 2nd path on the right follow this to the end and the graves of 3 soldiers from the United Kingdom, marked by a permanent private memorial can be found. The cemetery address is:- Veerstraat,Zaamslag.
Burial Details
T/14544796 Driver Joseph Allen, 297 General Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps, died 2nd November 1944, aged 19.
299630 Lieutenant Derrick George Gooch, 297 General Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps, died 2nd November 1944, aged 20. Son of Wilfred George and Florence Isabel Victoria Gooch, of Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk.
1886350 Lance Serjeant Ronald Snelling, M. M. 26 Assault Squadron, Royal Engineers, died 26th October 1944, aged 25.
Son of Wilfred and Olive Snelling, of Hull.
