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Commonwealth War Graves Protestant Churchyard Pietersbierum

The Cemetery of the Protestant Church in Pietersbierum, Waadhoeke Municipality, contains eight Commonwealth War Graves.
There are three graves of unknown victims.
The other five other graves are of:

Pilot Officer (Flt. Engr.) George Alfred Berwick, 51682, RAF 138 Sqdn., died at 20-09-1943, age 26
Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Roy Eppy Fincham, 921069, RAF 44 Sqdn., died at 03-08-1943
Pilot Officer (Air Bomber) Robert Eugene Niles, J/89922, RCAF 426 Sqdn., died at 17-06-1944, washed up near St. Jacobiparochie.
Sergeant (Nav.) Charles Risingham, 1095177, RAF 429 Sqdn.(RCAF), died at 22-01-1943
Flying Officer (Pilot) Thomas James Buchanan Shearer, 119015, RAF 21 Sqdn., died at 26-11-1943, age 23

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Source

  • Text: Dick de Bruijne
  • Photos: Dick de Bruijne