Commonwealth War Graves Huldenberg

At the cemetery at the church in Huldenberg liggen 15 Commonwealth war graves from the Second World War.

There are four soldiers who were killed in May 1940:

Lance Corporal Thomas Gavin, 14/05/1940, 4122275
Private Trevor Augustine Brown, 16/05/1940, 4614255
Private Thomas Davies, 16/05/1940, 4031398
Private Fred Mitchell, 16/05/1940, 4611268

There is the crew of the Wellington bomber DV552:

On July 31, 1942 at 2341 departed from Lichfield airbase, the Wellington DV552 with the mission a raid over the city of Düsseldorf in Germany. The aircraft was shot down over Belgium by the German night-fighter Lt. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer and then crashed down at 0330 in Huldenberg. All six crew members lost their lives. They are all buried in this cemetery.

Sergeant Clifford Douglas Luedeke, RAAF, 01/08/1942, 406809
Sergeant Charles Henry Robert Mckee, RAAF, 21 01/08/1942, 411031
Flying Officer (Pilot) Mervyn George Mcneil, RNZAF, 25 01/08/1942, 40239
Sergeant Owen Morgan, RAAF, 01/08/1942, 405450
Flying Officer Arthur Frederick Richard Nash, RAAF, 01/08/1942, 406576
Sergeant John Daniel O'Halloran, RAAF, 01/08/1942, 403991

Also there is the crew of the Wellington bomber BJ651:

On August 24, 1942 at 20.35 departed from airbase Snaith, the Wellington BJ651 with the mission a raid over the city of Frankfurt in Germany. The aircraft was shot down over Belgium by the German night-fighter Lt. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer and then crashed down near Huldenberg. All five crew members lost their lives. They are all buried in this cemetery.

Sergeant (Pilot) Eric Guy Bound, RAF, 25/08/1942, 1269297
Sergeant (Obs) Ernest Frank Cronk, RAF, 25/08/1942, 1377064
Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Albert Charles Jukes, RAF, 25/08/1942, 927655
Flight Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Alan Robert Lane, 25/08/1942, 1307388
Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Arthur Thomas, RAF, 25/08/1942, 1162157

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar.nl
• Photos: Luc van Waeyenberge