ZWARTEWAAL GENERAL CEMETERY
Zuid-Holland
The Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.87816, Longitude: 4.21343
Location Information
Zwartewaal is a small village and commune lying 24 kilometres west-south-west of Rotterdam and 38 kilometres south of The Hague. The cemetery is about 800 metres south-west of the village, on the eastern side of the road to Nieuwland. The war graves lie in a prominent position in the centre.
History Information
There are now 6, 1939-1945 War casualties commemorated in this site.
Zwartewaal is a small village and commune lying 24 kilometres west-south-west of Rotterdam and 38 kilometres south of The Hague. The cemetery is about 800 metres south-west of the village, on the eastern side of the road to Nieuwland. The war graves lie in a prominent position in the centre.
History Information
There are now 6, 1939-1945 War casualties commemorated in this site.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
25062 Flight Lieutenant
Ivor Chudleigh Bethune Worthington-Wilmer
Pilot in 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force
4th July 1940, aged 29.
Son of Lt.-Col. Louis Emilius Chudleigh Worthington-Wilmer and Olive Armitage Worthington-Wilmer, of Gerrans, Cornwall.
His headstone bears the inscription "Beloved And Only Son Of LT. Col. L. Worthington-Wilmer, Penwithen, Gerrans,Cornwall"
Ivor Chudleigh Bethune Worthington-Wilmer
Pilot in 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force
4th July 1940, aged 29.
Son of Lt.-Col. Louis Emilius Chudleigh Worthington-Wilmer and Olive Armitage Worthington-Wilmer, of Gerrans, Cornwall.
His headstone bears the inscription "Beloved And Only Son Of LT. Col. L. Worthington-Wilmer, Penwithen, Gerrans,Cornwall"
Burial Details
14259909 Gunner Harold Browes, 126 (9th Bn. The Middlesex Regiment.) Lt. A. A. Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 20th May 1945, aged 27. Son of Ernest and Sarah Browes; husband of Maggie Browes, of Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. His headstone bears the inscription "O God, In Thy Precious Keeping, Guard Him Till We Meet Again. His Wife And Family"
14651007 Gunner Stanley Herbert James Groombridge, 126 (9th Bn. The Middlesex Regiment.) Lt. A. A. Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 20th May 1945, aged 24. Son of George and Ellen Groombridge; husband of Phyllis Beatrice Groombridge, of Wallington, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "Wherever I Go, Whatever I Do, My Thoughts, Dear, Are Always With You"
14247784 Gunner Percy Lowman, 126 (9th Bn. The Middlesex Regiment.) Lt. A. A. Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 20th May 1945, aged 21. Son of William and Ellen Lowman, of Kingswood, Bristol. His headstone bears the inscription "Silent Thoughts True And Tender, Of One We Loved And Will Always Remember"
K/12078 Lance Sergeant Henry Martin Monk, 7 Battery, 2 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, died 20th May 1945, aged 29. Son of Henry and Bertha Monk; husband of Marjorie Monk, of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Break" R. I. P.
14268701 Gunner Leonard Sydney George Wheeler, 126 (9th Bn. The Middlesex Regiment.) Lt. A. A. Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 20th May 1945, aged 21. Son of Sydney Percival and Alice Maud Wheeler, of Welling, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "Our Dear Son Leonard, His Sun Is gone Down While It Was Yet Day"
14259909 Gunner Harold Browes, 126 (9th Bn. The Middlesex Regiment.) Lt. A. A. Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 20th May 1945, aged 27. Son of Ernest and Sarah Browes; husband of Maggie Browes, of Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. His headstone bears the inscription "O God, In Thy Precious Keeping, Guard Him Till We Meet Again. His Wife And Family"
14651007 Gunner Stanley Herbert James Groombridge, 126 (9th Bn. The Middlesex Regiment.) Lt. A. A. Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 20th May 1945, aged 24. Son of George and Ellen Groombridge; husband of Phyllis Beatrice Groombridge, of Wallington, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "Wherever I Go, Whatever I Do, My Thoughts, Dear, Are Always With You"
14247784 Gunner Percy Lowman, 126 (9th Bn. The Middlesex Regiment.) Lt. A. A. Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 20th May 1945, aged 21. Son of William and Ellen Lowman, of Kingswood, Bristol. His headstone bears the inscription "Silent Thoughts True And Tender, Of One We Loved And Will Always Remember"
K/12078 Lance Sergeant Henry Martin Monk, 7 Battery, 2 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, died 20th May 1945, aged 29. Son of Henry and Bertha Monk; husband of Marjorie Monk, of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Break" R. I. P.
14268701 Gunner Leonard Sydney George Wheeler, 126 (9th Bn. The Middlesex Regiment.) Lt. A. A. Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 20th May 1945, aged 21. Son of Sydney Percival and Alice Maud Wheeler, of Welling, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "Our Dear Son Leonard, His Sun Is gone Down While It Was Yet Day"
