Commonwealth War Graves General Cemetery Bathmen

Bathmen General Cemetery contains 11 Commonwealth airmen.

The tombstones have the following names:

H.K. MCCREERY, air observer Royal Canadian Airforce, March 2, 1943, 20 years
J.H. HIGGENS, Royal Canadian Air Force air observer, 2 March 1943,
I.C. GRICE, air gunner Royal Canadian Air Force, 2 March 1943, 21 years old
F. MACDONALD, Royal Air Force flight engineer, 2 March 1943, 22 years old
R. WEISS, wireless operator / air gunner, Royal Canadian Air Force, 2 March 1943
A.W. COCHRANE, Royal Canadian Air Force pilot, 2 March 1943, aged 19

G.D. SAVAGE, air gunner Royal Air Force, 13 June 1944, 20 years
R.G. PICTON, navigator Royal Air Force, 13 June 1944
H.S. DELACOUR, Royal Australian Air Force pilot officer, 13 June 1944, 20 years
A.C. BENHAM, wireless operator / air gunner Royal Air Force, 13 June 1944, 21 years old
S.A. PHILLIPS, Royal Canadian Air Force pilot, 13 JUNE 1944

The site of the crash is with a [towid] 104598, Monument Lancaster "Lily Mars" [/ towid] commemorated.

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Source

• Text: Dick de Bruijne
• Photos: Arjan Vrieze