ZELHEM (HALLE) PROTESTANT CEMETERY
Gelderland
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.9921, Longitude: 6.42494
Image above © Johan Pauwels
Location Information
The village of Halle is administered by, and 6 kilometres to the south-east of, Zelhem. The cemetery is on the north-eastern side of the road leading from Zelhem to Halle and is 270 metres from Halle.
Historical Information
In the north-eastern corner of the cemetery are the graves of 6 airmen from the United Kingdom. They have the usual Commission headstones, and in the centre is a memorial to these airmen which was erected by the local people.
Their plane was shot down by a Bf110 night fighter at Halle 6 miles northeast of Doetinchem during a raid on Berlin.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
581078 Sergeant
George Henry Bainbridge
214 Squadron, Royal Air Force
30th August 1940, aged 29.
Son of Henry and Barbara Bainbridge, of Carlton, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire; husband of Ethel Bainbridge.
His headstone bears the inscription "Lost Then Found"
George Henry Bainbridge
214 Squadron, Royal Air Force
30th August 1940, aged 29.
Son of Henry and Barbara Bainbridge, of Carlton, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire; husband of Ethel Bainbridge.
His headstone bears the inscription "Lost Then Found"
39066 Flying Officer
Lionel Montague Craigie-Halkett
214 Squadron, Royal Air Force
30th August 1940, aged 24.
Lionel Montague Craigie-Halkett
214 Squadron, Royal Air Force
30th August 1940, aged 24.
Other Burial Details
41560 Pilot Officer Wilfred Bertram Stuart Cunynghame, 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 30th August 1940, aged 22.
Son of Maj. Stuart Cunynghame and Dorothy Cunynghame, of Swindon, Gloucestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "Beloved Eldest Son Of Stuart And Dorothy Cunynghame"
551723 Sergeant Sydney John Haldane, 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 30th August 1940, aged 19. Son of Herbert Sydney and Kathleen May Durrant Haldane, of Hayes, Middlesex. His headstone bears the inscription "Sleep On, Dear Son. R. I. P"
547673 Sergeant George Edward Merryweather, 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 30th August 1940, aged 20. Son of George Henry and Clara Merryweather, of Blankney Fen, Lincolnshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Now Sleeping Peacefully, Free From Pain, In God's Own Time We Shall Meet Again"
755485 Sergeant Arthur Burnham Puzey, 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 30th August 1940, aged 20. Son of Sqdn. Ldr. George Arthur Puzey, R.A.F., and Daisy Henrietta Puzey, of Slough, Buckinghamshire. His headstone bears the inscription "His Chosen Duty"
41560 Pilot Officer Wilfred Bertram Stuart Cunynghame, 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 30th August 1940, aged 22.
Son of Maj. Stuart Cunynghame and Dorothy Cunynghame, of Swindon, Gloucestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "Beloved Eldest Son Of Stuart And Dorothy Cunynghame"
551723 Sergeant Sydney John Haldane, 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 30th August 1940, aged 19. Son of Herbert Sydney and Kathleen May Durrant Haldane, of Hayes, Middlesex. His headstone bears the inscription "Sleep On, Dear Son. R. I. P"
547673 Sergeant George Edward Merryweather, 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 30th August 1940, aged 20. Son of George Henry and Clara Merryweather, of Blankney Fen, Lincolnshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Now Sleeping Peacefully, Free From Pain, In God's Own Time We Shall Meet Again"
755485 Sergeant Arthur Burnham Puzey, 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 30th August 1940, aged 20. Son of Sqdn. Ldr. George Arthur Puzey, R.A.F., and Daisy Henrietta Puzey, of Slough, Buckinghamshire. His headstone bears the inscription "His Chosen Duty"
Image above © Johan Pauwels
