• Helmond in World War Two

Date of birth:

June 13th, 1924 (London/Greater London, England)

Date of death:

October 29th, 1944 (Helmond/Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands)

Buried on:

Dutch War Graves Catholic Cemetery Hortsedijk
Plot: B. Row: 02. Grave: 27.

Nationality:

Dutch

Lived in Helmond at the Wesselmalaan 28. Was seriously injured by a German bomb at the Mauritslaan in Helmond. He died the following day.

Airraid on Saturday October 28th, 1944
"Unexpectedly, at 7:15 PM, a bomb explosion was observed, after which the alarm signal was given by the electric light. I immediately went to the scene of the disaster with the Head of the Air Raid Protection Service and the Chief of Police, where I remained to provide general assistance until the incident was over. The Head of the Air Raid Protection Service went to the main post. The entire incident was handled quickly and efficiently. The first report of the explosion came in at 7:30 PM, reporting one dead and four wounded. A Clearance and Recovery Team was dispatched with first aid, and the hospital was alerted and an ambulance dispatched. The second report came in at 7:39 PM, reporting two dead, one seriously injured who later died in the hospital, and three slightly injured. Of the soldiers stationed there, three were killed immediately, and one seriously injured who died on the way to Eindhoven. The third report: an unexploded bomb in a property in the city center. The house was evacuated. A new type of A.P. bomb was used, thrown into canisters."

Airraid on Saturday October 28th, near Steenweg and Mauritslaan
"[...]20.08 C.P.O. Mauritslaan reports:
2 children from Hardenbroek killed by bomb fragments [Therus and Louistje]
Mrs. v. Hardenbroek seriously injured
Mrs. de Kempenaer slightly injured
Tony Hoogenboom seriously injured [later died].
Mientje Lintermans, servant of Dr. Mulder, slightly injured.

Five houses had to be evacuated due to the danger of unexploded bombs. [...]

The number of British soldiers killed varies by source. In "Under the Protection of the Angel Gabriel," a letter from Lenie Jansen is cited, stating that "5 Tommies" were killed. The air raid report mentioned above mentions three immediate deaths and one on the way to the hospital in Eindhoven. In his chronicle "And Never Was It Quiet...", Zwanenburg mentions three deaths: "that at 7:20 p.m., an aircraft dropped five anti-personnel bombs on the General Headquarters of the 2nd Army, killing three soldiers, wounding five, and causing some damage."

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• Photo 1: Oorlogsgravenstichting/Family
• Photo 2: Jeroen Koppes
• - Helmonds Heem.
  - VONK, S. e.a., Onder de Bescherming van de Engel Gabriël, Heemkundekring Helmond-Peelland, Helmond, 1994.
  - VRIENDS, J. & SANDEN, J. VAN DEN, Het Helmonds Vakantieboek deel 2, Helmond, 2025.
  - ZWANENBURG, G.J., En nooit was het stil..., Koninklijke Luchtmacht.
  - Death certificate.
  - Totaallijst omgekomenen, Commissie "namenlijst omgekomenen", 1995
  - Rapport Hoofdpost Luchtbeschermingsdienst Helmond, d.d. 04-11-1944, RHCe 12242 Luchtbescherming Helmond, LDB doos 1.2
  - Archief Helmonds Heem, Doos 29, 32 Brieven Jansen-van Aken, d.d. 12-11-1944
  - Helmonds Dagblad, d.d. 30-10-1944
  - Oorlogsgravenstichting
  - Persoonsdossier Nationaal Archief
  

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