Commonwealth War Graves Communal Cemetery Zeist
Zeist Communal Cemetery contains a collective grave of two British pilots who were killed on 27 June 1940, when their plane was shot down by a German fighter plane during an air fight.
The grave has a private headstone containing the text:
O VALIANT HEARTS
WHO TO YOUR GLORY CAME
PILOT OFFICER R.A. PERCY
SERGEANT A.M. CLARK
DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY
JUNE 27th 1940
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Fedor de Vries
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