ZEVENAAR ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Gelderland
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.92889, Longitude: 6.07323
Location Information
Zevenaar is a village on the main road from Arnhem to Emmerech (Germany), and is 14 kilometres south-east of Arnhem. The cemetery is 182 metres from the village centre, on the road to Arnhem. In its north-eastern part, close to the Calvary, is the grave of a Canadian airman.
Zevenaar is a village on the main road from Arnhem to Emmerech (Germany), and is 14 kilometres south-east of Arnhem. The cemetery is 182 metres from the village centre, on the road to Arnhem. In its north-eastern part, close to the Calvary, is the grave of a Canadian airman.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
J/21959 Flying Officer
Royce Allen Johns
439 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
5th October 1944, aged 25.
Son of Charles and Lenora Johns; husband of Bernice Johns.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
Royce died when his aircraft was hit by flak, crashing into a church spire at Speelberger, near Emmerlich.
Royce Allen Johns
439 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
5th October 1944, aged 25.
Son of Charles and Lenora Johns; husband of Bernice Johns.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
Royce died when his aircraft was hit by flak, crashing into a church spire at Speelberger, near Emmerlich.
