Commonwealth War Graves General Cemetery Terwolde

On Terwolde General Cemetery is al small British plot with seven graves. Six of them died on 12/06/1943. It are crew members of Lancaster ED976.

Crew:
Pilot Sgt. A.B. Magill 1384719 RAF Terwolde 8A 1 6
Flight engineer Sgt. E.N. Cummings 971807 RAF Terwolde 8A 1 5
Navigator F/O. C.B. Fleming 132773 RAF Terwolde 8A 1 2
Bomb aimer Sgt. W.F. Bradley 658341 RAF Terwolde 8A 1 4
Wo ag Sgt. G. Glover 1385248 RAF Terwolde 8A 1 3
Air gunner F/Sgt. J.W. Lake R/134599 RCAF Terwolde 8A 1 1

Sgt Lipton Stephenson was the only RCAF crew member who survived the crash and he became then a prisoner of war and he was sent then to different prisoner of war camps and he survived the war. He was deceased in 2015 age 94 and his urn was buried on September 2, 2015 then at his request in presence of his Canadian family and other interested people next to his fallen comrades at the cemetery in Terwolde. He also has therefore an own headstone.

Also here is the grave of:
Flying Officer M.P. Laycock J/22035 RCAF Terwolde 8A 1 8

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Source

• Text: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Photos: Arjan Vrieze