Historical Information (Source: CWGC)

Of the 17 burials in this site, 2 airmen from the United Kingdom, whose graves could not be individually identified are commemorated by special memorials inscribed "Buried near this spot."

Served in

• Australian (1)
• New Zealand (4)
• United Kingdom (12)

Served with

• Air Force (17)

Stirling I EF399 – 75 Sqdn – 23 June 1943

Took off 2337 22 June 1943 from Newmarket. Last heard on W/T at 0225 indicating the Stirling had been badly damaged by Flak.

Crew

Flight Sergeant Kenneth Alfred BURBIDGE (412200) Pilot RNZAF

Sergeant Gibson CAMERON (1304742) Air Gunner RAF 

Sergeant George LOCKEY (1142645) Flight Engineer RAF

Flight Sergeant Donald Ernest MARTIN (413872) Wireless Operator RNZAF

Flight Sergeant Andrew James McEWIN (417077) Air Bomber RNZAF  

Sergeant Kenneth Fazackerley SHAW (1132866) Air Gunner RAF

Flight Sergeant Walter Frederick WILCOCKSON (42314) Navigator RNZAF

Lancaster I W4861 – 12 Sqdn – 24 May 1943

Took off 2319hrs 23 May 1943 from Wickenby. Exploded and crashed near Markelo (Overijssel) 23 km SW of Hengelo Holland.

Crew

Sergeant Kenneth George LEGG (539691) Air Gunner RAF

Sergeant Robert Sydney George MILLER (1313750) Wireless Operator RAF

Flying Officer William Norman MOUNSEY (124550) Pilot RAF

Sergeant Harry PIERPOINT (1181213) Air Gunner RAF

Flying Officer William Butler WHITAKER (130596) Navigator RAF          

Prisoners of War for Lancaster I W4861

Sergeant Albert DEWS (1000033) Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug

Sergeant Walter Benson JOWETT (1004252) Stalag 357 Kopernikus

Halifax II W7877 – 35 Sqdn – 1 March 1943

Took off 1824 1 Mar 1943 from Graveley. Shot down by a night-fighter.

Crew

Squadron Leader Peter Campbell ELLIOTT (42401) Pilot RAF

Sergeant Denis KELLY (1384311) Air Gunner RAF            .

Flight Sergeant Thomas Neville SANKEY (612042) Air Gunner RAF

Flight Sergeant George Sarsfield SLOMAN (403036) RAAF

Flight Sergeant Stanley Langford Conway WATT (216038) Flight Engineer RAF

Sergeant Roy Victor LEDGER (1330439) RAF Runnymede Memorial : Panel 156.

Prisoners of War for Halifax II W7877

Flight Sergeant George Christopher Harvey CHANDLER (1258999) Stalag 357 Kopernikus

shared grave with four Dutch fallen:

Albert ten Hove, Resistance member, died in Markelo, 01-04-1945

Jacob Adriaan Hardenberg, died in Neuengamme, 24-02-1945

Jan Cornelis Romijn, Physician, died in Neuengamme, 01-03-1945

Gerard Willem Bouke Wondaal, member of the resistance, died in Enschede, 04-10-1944

Next to this grave are the graves of:

Jan Hendrik Wissink, died in Wolfsburg, 10-04-1944

Willem Immink, died in Markelo, 18-10-1944.

Hendrikus Olijdam, died 10 May 1940.