War Memorial Hoogovens

Among the names:

Johannes Lambertus (Jan) Bonekamp (IJmuiden,[1] 19 May 1914 - Amsterdam, 21 June 1944) was a Dutch communist and resistance fighter during the Second World War. In 1943, Bonekamp called on his colleagues at the Hoogovens to strike. He is commemorated annually on 4 May with a public meeting at his grave at the Westerbegraafplaats in IJmuiden. Together with Hannie Schaft (girl with the red hair), whom he had taught to shoot, he committed a successful attack on the Zaanse police chief Willem Ragut on 21 June 1944. However, the action also cost Bonekamp his life.

Cornelis Johannes Sporre (Bloemendaal, 22 October 1910 - Noordzee, 14 November 1941) was an Engelandvaarder.( name for people who escaped to England via the North sea).
In March 1941, Sporre left for England with Ab Homburg from IJmuiden and Willem de Waard in a small boat with an outboard motor. On 6 September 1941, Sporre and Homburg were dropped in Brabant.
Sporre crossed over to England from Camperduin with Wiek Schrage on 13 November 1941. No one ever heard from them again. It is assumed that they perished in the North Sea.

Sporre was posthumously awarded the Bronze Cross in 1953.

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Source

• Text: Adri Kramer
• Photos: Adri Kramer
• Wikipedia