Historical Information (Source: CWGC)

There are nearly 80, 1939-1945 war casualties commemorated in this site. The 1939-1945 Commonwealth war graves are near the entrance gates.

Served with

• Australian (1)
• Canadian (5)
• New Zealand (7)
• Polish (10)
• United Kingdom (54)

Served in

• Air Force (35)
• Army (41)
• Navy (1)

Wellington Ic T2971 – 311 Sqdn

Took off 1800 17 Jan 1942 from East Wretham. Shot down by Flak and crashed 2317 just to the NE of Tilburg (Noord Brabant).

Crew

Pilot Officer Jaromir BROZ (61917) RAF

Sergeant Rudolf MASEK (787865) RAF

Sergeant Jindrich SVOBODA (787165) Pilot RAF

Prisoners of War for Wellington IC T2971

Sgt K BATELKA (787947)     Oflag O4C Saalhaus Colditz

Sgt K SCHNEIDER (787798)  Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang

Sgt Z SICHROVSKY (787331) Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe)

Hampden I N9062 – 14 OTU

Took off 2353 31 July 1942 from Cottesmore. Shot down by a night-fighter (Oblt Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein 1.

Crew

Sergeant Leonard LOBB (1265566) Observer RAF           

Prisoners of War for Hereford N9062

Sgt E F COLLINS (403720)  Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug

Sgt G G RUSSELL (402253)            Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria

Sgt M S WHITING (401685) Stalag 344 Lamsdorf

Spitfire PR.IV AB422 – 1 PRU

Sergeant Frederick Charles EVANS (521752) Pilot RAF    1 Photographic

Wellington III X3867 – 75 Sqdn

Took off from Mildenhall. Shot down by a night-fighter

Crew

Sergeant Henry Varley Gibb CRAWFORD (404339) Observer RNZAF  

Flight Sergeant Alpheus Leslie GROVES (403574) Wireless Operator RNZAF   

Flight Sergeant William Ronald PARKES (403822) Pilot RNZAF

Sergeant George Herbert ROSE (391713) Wireless Operator RNZAF

Flight Sergeant Eric Glover WILSON (403035) Air Gunner RNZAF

Halifax II DT769 – 408 Sqdn

Took off 0008 14 July 1943 from Leeming. Outbound shot down by a night- fighter

Crew

Sergeant Robert BARNEVELD (1332114) Wireless Operator RAF

Sergeant John FOGGON (577754) Flight Engineer RAF

Flight Sergeant Douglas George McKAY (R/124347) Air Gunner RCAF  

Flying Officer Alan Osborn SMUCK (J/15677) Pilot RCAF

Prisoners of War for Halifax II DT769

Sgt B DOMIGAN (1342347) Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria

Fg Off James John KELLY (127961) Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria

Lancaster BX KB706 – 419 Sqdn

Took off 2339 24 May 1944 from Middleton-St.George.

Crew

Sergeant John HOARTY (1099356) Flight Engineer RAF

Flying Officer Gordon Robert LAUDER (J/28208) Air Bomber RCAF

Sergeant Bernard Reginald MORGAN (1867863) Air Gunner RAF

Pilot Officer Donald Matthews ROBSON (J/86588) Pilot RCAF

Pilot Officer Phillip Seagar SMITH (J/88153) Navigator RCAF

Sergeant Thomas Harry James SMITH (1575907) Wireless Operator RAF

Bergen-Op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery

Pilot Officer William Davidson LILLICO (J/93687) Air Gunner RCAF: 5. H. 1.

Lancaster I LL859 – 622 Sqdn

Took off 2310 20 July 1944 from Mildenhall.Crashed at around 0140 at Dongen (Noord-Brabant) 11 km NW from the centre of Tilburg.

Crew

Flight Sergeant Francis Donald BRANDON (1585663) Wireless Operator

Flight Sergeant John Joseph CHIGWIDDEN (28155) RAAF

Sergeant Reginald Ivon LEWIS (1893209) Flight Engineer RAF   

Sergeant Edward Albert O'CONNOR (1474265) Air Gunner RAF

Flight Lieutenant Alan Leslie SMITH (150429) Pilot RAF

Bergen-Op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery

Flying Officer Frank Charles MONTGOMERY (J/28240) Air Bomber: 5. G. 11.

Flight Sergeant John Joseph CHIGWIDDEN - 28155

622 Sqdn. Royal Australian Air Force

Died 21 July 1944 Age 33

Son of Peter Bernard and Katherine Chigwidden; husband of Beatrice Chigwidden, of Merrylands, New South Wales, Australia.

Personal Inscription: HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE. ALWAYS REMEMBERED

Lancaster III ND752 – 75 Sqdn

Took off 2330 20 July 1944 from Mepal. Crashed 0140 21 July 1944 roughly 3 km W of Udenhout (Noord-Brabant) and about 6 km N from the centre of Tilburg.

Crew

Flying Officer Henry John BURTT (414560) Pilot RNZAF

Sergeant Walter Frederick CARTER (1543208) Air Gunner RAF

Sergeant Vernon Charles CORNISH (1609419) Flight Engineer RAF

Warrant Officer Gottfred Lyall GILLAN (42324) Wireless Operator RNZAF

Sergeant George Arthur LEVY (1893404) Air Gunner RAF           

Sergeant Douglas Haigh HOWLAND (528418) RAF

Killed in traffic accident when military vehicle hit a tree at Berkel-Enschot. 

Circumstances of Death unknown

Leading Aircraftman Frederick Albert DAVIS (1254025) RAFVR

Sergeant Kenneth Thomas WYLIE (1170082) RAFVR

Sergeant Reginald Herbert GILES (1397162) RAFVR

Sergeant Dennis Henry COMER (1408823) RAFVR