Commonwealth War Grave Roman Catholic Churchyard
At the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Schalkwijk (municipality of Houten) an Airborne soldier from the Commonwealth who was washed up in 1944, a victim of the Battle of Arnhem.
4914107 L.CPL H. SPOONER
THE SOUTH PENALTIES
REGIMENT
AIRBORNE
SEPTEMBER 26, 1944 27 years
At the bottom of the tombstone is stated:
THE GIFT THAT WE SHOULD LIVE
IN FREEDOM
LET HIS GIVING
NOT GO UNANSWERED
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Source
- Text: Dick de Bruijne & Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Arjan Vrieze
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