Lemsterland (Lemmer) General Cemetery
Historical Information (Source: CWGC)
There is a brick paved single lane road to the CWGC plot inside the cemetery, approximately 150 metres from the gate. Access to the plot is through the main cemetery. The plot is located through an open gate adjacent to the parking area at the end of the access road. There is a chapel to the right of the open gate. The plot is located south of the central pathway leading to the chapel, approximately 30 metres from the access road entrance into the cemetery.
This site contains the graves of 44 airmen. Of these, 7 of the airmen from the United Kingdom and one from Canada are not identified. The Commonwealth war graves plot is in the south-west part of the cemetery.
Served with
- Australian (4)
- Canadian (1)
- New Zealand (5)
- Polish (3)
- United Kingdom (23)
Served in
- Air Force (36)
Wellington II W5375 - 10 Apr 41- 12 Sqdn
Took off 2230 9 April 1941 from Binbrook. Shot down by a night-fighter
Crew
Wing Commander Vyvian Quentery BLACKDEN (16236)
Flying Officer John Du Vernet BROUGHTON (82722) Observer
Flying Officer Harold MARSHALL (77376) Air Gunner Harderwijk General Cemetery
Sergeant George Henry BISHOP (747971) Wireless Operator Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General
Flight Sergeant Duncan McDOUGALL (751148) Wireless Operator Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General
Pilot Officer John Crewdson Ashton BOND (85271) Pilot Bergen General Cemetery
Wellington Ic R1718 - 17 Jul 41 - 311 Sqdn (Czech)
Took off 2307 16 July 1941 from East Wretham. Shot down by a night- fighter
Crew
Sergeant Jiri MARES (787393)
PoW
Flight Lieutenant Otakar CERNY (82590) PoW 3663 L17B
Sergeant Frantisek KNAP (787396) PoW 39285 L3
Sergeant Jaroslav NYC (787166) PoW 39284 357
Sergeant Karel STASTNY (787170) PoW 39287 4B
Pilot Officer Jaroslav ZAFOUK (82217) PoW 3661 O4C
Wellington Ic N2844 - 19 Aug 41 - 218 Sqdn
Took off 2348 18 Aug 1941 from Marham. Shot down by a night-fighter
Crew
Pilot Officer Ewart Duncan POCKNEY (76925) Air Gunner
Sergeant Lothian Julyan GEORGE (R/69557) Runnymede Memorial
Sergeant Sydney Arthur MAGUIRE (1378011) Runnymede Memorial
Sergeant Kenneth Charles SHEARING (758034) Runnymede Memorial
Sergeant Roy Gerald BOSWELL (622252) Pilot Harlingen General Cemetery
Sergeant Alexander Macgregor WILSON (400314) Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery
Whitley V Z6948 - 08 Nov 41 - 78 Sqdn
Took off 2231 7 Nov 1941 from Croft. Shot down by a night-fighter
Crew
Sergeant John William BELL (754397)
Sergeant Raymond BOUCHER (759315) Wireless Operator Gaasterland (Nijemirdum) General
Sergeant Donald CAMERON (985637) Gaasterland (Nijemirdum) General
Pilot Officer George Marshall McCOMBE (104492) Pilot Gaasterland (Nijemirdum) General
Sergeant Gilbert Terence WEBB (924137) Observer Gaasterland (Nijemirdum) General
Hampden I AT154 - 03 Jun 42 - 408 Sqdn
Took off 2326 2 June 1942 from Balderton. Shot down by a night-fighter
Crew
Sergeant Ewart Gladstone RONSON (1325076) Wireless Operator RCAF
Sergeant Orville Wilbert McKENZIE (R/80200) Wireless Operator Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery
Pilot Officer Kenneth Henry TAYLOR (J/7076) Pilot Medemblik General Cemetery
Flying Officer Peter Leslie EDWARDS (106565) RCAF Runnymede Memorial
Wellington IV Z1314 - 03 Jul 42 - 301 Sqdn (POL)
Took off 2312 2 July 1942 from Hemswell. Shot by a night- fighter in the vicinity of Groningen Holland and very badly damaged about the tail.
Crew
Porucznik Henryk KRASNODEBSKI (P/1206)
Kapral Stanislaw LUGOWSKI (P/783877)
PoW
Flight Lieutenant Stanislaw ATENSKI (P1147) PoW 39676 L3
Flight Lieutenant Michal BENOIT (P1540) PoW 461 L3
Wing Commander Maksymilian Longin BRZOZOWSKI (P1059) PoW 464 L3
Wellington IV Z1204 - 03 Jul 42 - 300 Sqdn (POL)
Took off 2325 2 July 1942 from Hemswell as she had been borrowed by 301 Sqdn. Shot down by Flak and came down 0028 in the IJsselmeer between Lemmer and Urk.
Crew
Kapral Marian Jozef LOZINSKI (P/794284)
The rest of the crew is still missing
Pilot 792432 Flt Sgt Teofil Jerzy Kubiak - 2nd Pilot 782344 Sgt Zdzisław Czapski - Navigator P-1206 Fg Off Henryk - Krasnodebski WOP/AG 793111 - Sgt Longin Pokrant AG 783877 -Sgt Stanisław Lugowski AG 794284 - Sgt Marian Józef Lozinsk
Lancaster I R5755 - 05 Sep 42 - 207 Sqdn
Took off 0030 5 Sept 1942 from Bottesford. shot down by a night-fighter
Crew
Pilot Officer Adam Byers HASTINGS (120038) Observer
Sergeant George FLECK (532066) Runnymede Memorial
Sergeant Cecil Vivian PATTISON (778001) Runnymede Memorial
Sergeant John Wilfred ATKINSON (1105186) Air Gunner Bergen General Cemetery
Sergeant Frederick John Charles BARNES (655006) Observer Bergen General Cemetery
Flying Officer Richard Gerald ROWLANDS (407728) Hemelumer Oldeferd (Scharl) General
Sergeant John Campbell LUTON (403411) Staveren General Cemetery
Stirling I W7569 - 17 Sep 42 - 7 Sqdn
Took off 2005 16 Sept 1942 from Oakington. Flak damaged and subsequently crashed in the IJsselmeer.
Crew
Sergeant William James ANDERSON (41617) Wireless Operator
Sergeant Ronald Hugh CRABTREE (411741) Air Gunner
Pilot Officer Ben DALLENGER (411377) Pilot
Sergeant Harry Oldfield GODDARD (404547) Air Gunner
Flight Sergeant Donald Trevor LAMB (41540) Observer
Pilot Officer Robert Edward CLARKE (J/11210) Pilot Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery
Sergeant Peter SANDISON (566067) Flight Engineer Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery
Lancaster I W4981 - 13 May 43 - 83 Sqdn
Took off 2317 12 May 1943 from Wyton
Crew
Sergeant James Mcghee HARGREAVES (1310051) Air Gunner
Sergeant Joseph Edward LECOMBER (1393387) Navigator
Sergeant Anthony Steven RENSHAW (535117) Pilot
Sergeant Jack Richard STONE (1333951) Air Gunner
Sergeant Henry Rochead WILLIAMSON (1365974) Air Bomber
Sergeant Frederick Arthur WORSNOP (1083323) Flight Engineer
PoW
Flight Officer Stanley Wifred GOULD (47704) PoW 1325 L3
Halifax II DT732 - 14 May 43 - 10 Sqdn
Took off 2351 13 May 1943 from Melbourne. Shot down by a night-fighter
Crew
Sergeant John Swanson MACADAM (1347046) Navigator
Flight Sergeant John Franklin MILLS (415040) Runnymede Memorial
Sergeant John William AVENT (1336690) Air Bomber Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery
Sergeant Eric John Charles HOWARD (1260589) Air Gunner Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery
Sergeant James Cyril HOWIE (1284957) Flight Engineer Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery
Sergeant Aeron JONES (1211847) Wireless Operator Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery
Sergeant Charles MALTBY (1055780) Air Gunner Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery
Lancaster ED935 – 11 June 43 - 156 Sqdn
Aircraft failed to return from an operational flight
Crew
Sergeant John Richard CURTIS (1483600) Air Gunner
Sergeant William John DRAKE (1380012) Wireless Operator
Flying Officer Robert Maxwell BRYANT (411748) Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery
Flying Officer John Albert COWLEY (120216) Pilot Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery
Sergeant Donald Compton BAUMAN (1320428) Runnymede Memorial
Sergeant William FORSTER (1533997) Runnymede Memorial
Flight Sergeant Kenneth Laurence William LAY (408724) Runnymede Memorial
Sergeant Reginald Edward RATCLIFF (743397 Runnymede Memorial
Halifax II LW286 - 22 Nov 43 - 51 Sqdn
Took off 1704 22 Nov 1943 from Snaith. Cause of loss not established.
Crew
Flying Officer Francis Henry MOYNIHAN (139959) Navigator
Pilot Officer Horace Frank FARLEY (159066) Runnymede Memorial
Sergeant Samuel Henry GODFREY (1272401) Runnymede Memorial
Flying Officer Harry Oswald HETTERLEY (131990) Runnymede Memorial
Sergeant John Eric WHITEHEAD (1333569) Runnymede Memorial
Sergeant Edward Harold George DYER (1606353) Air Gunner Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General
Sergeant Alfred Bakes SPRINGETT (1078608) Wireless Operator Hindeloopen Protestant Churchyard
Lancaster I DV300 - 16 Dec 43 - 101 Sqdn
Took off 1625 16 Dec 1943 from Ludford Magna. shot down by a night- fighter
Crew
Sergeant John Edward CLARKE (1803722) Flight Engineer
Sergeant Eric Ronald Edward JORDAN (1275767) Air Gunner
Flight Lieutenant Ronald Ernest MACFARLANE (J/16696) Pilot
Sergeant Frederick Ronald WESTALL (1394339) Air Bomber
Sergeant Leonard Dinsdale WILSON (1621809) Navigator
Sergeant Donald Bruce HARVEY (1394496) Runnymede Memorial
Sergeant John IRELAND (1435308) Runnymede Memorial
Flying Officer Lorne Edgar THOMPSON (J/17581) Runnymede Memorial
Lancaster III JA853 - 16 Dec 43 - 7 Sqdn
Took off at 1624hrs 16 Dec 1943 from Oakington. shot down by a night- fighter
Crew
Flight Sergeant Raymond Edgar HEDGES (1800194) Flight Engineer
Sergeant James HURST (1817269) Air Gunner
Flight Sergeant Reginald Douglas McWHA (414816)
Flight Sergeant Charles Lloyd ROBINSON (412270) RAAF
Warrant Officer William Maitland WATERMAN (415061)
Flight Sergeant John BUTTERWORTH (408306) Runnymede Memorial
Warrant Officer Wallace Arthur WATSON (412327) Runnymede Memorial
Spitfire IX MH907 - 29 Aug 44 - 229 Sqdn
Flying Officer Frank Rene Malyon COOK (408971)
Royal Australian Air Force