Auf dem Friedhof am Vreesweg in Winterswijk befinden sich 50 alliierte Kriegsgräber und ein niederländisches Kriegsgrab aus dem 2. Weltkrieg.
Bild von dem alliierten Kriegsgräberfeld. Hier haben insgesamt 50 alliierte Soldaten ihre letzte Ruhestätte erhalten. Die meisten von ihnen wurden über dem Gebiet von Winterswijk abgeschossen oder verloren bei der Befreiung von Winterswijk ihr Leben. Die Soldaten waren Angehörige folgender Nationen England, Australien, Kanada und Neuseeland. Unter den 50 Opfern befinden sich auch 2 unbekannte alliierte Soldaten.
Blid von dem großen Gedenkkreuz.
Bild von dem kleinen Gedenkkreuz, welches in der Mitte von der 4. Grabreihe steht.
Auf dem kleinen Gedenkkreuz steht Folgendes:
ZIJ
VIELEN VOOR
ONS
Weiteres Bild von dem Gräberfeld.
Blick auf einige Grabsteine.
Auf den 8 Grabsteinen in der 1. Grabreihe steht Folgendes:
404557 FLIGHT SERGEANT
D. W. THANE
OBSERVER
ROYAL N. Z. AIR FORCE
28TH DECEMBER 1941 AGE 21
+
NEW ZEALAND
1259257 SERGEANT
P. F. ISAAC
WIRELESS OPERATOR / AIR GUNNER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
28TH DECEMBER 1941 AGE 19
+
IN SWEETEST MEMORY
OF OUR DEAR SON PETER
TILL WE MEET AGAIN.
MUM AND DAD.
SUB-LIEUTENANT (A)
P. O. WILLIAMS, RN.
H.M.S. “DAEDALUS”
18TH SEPTEMBER 1940 AGE 20
+
TO SAVE MANKIND
THEMSELVES
THEY SCORNED TO SAVE.
812247 SERGEANT
D. W. AUSTEN
AIR GUNNER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
18TH SEPTEMBER 1940
+
ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS
AND IN GOD’S GOOD TIME
WE WILL MEET AGAIN.
532141 SERGEANT
A. A. E. CROSSLAND
PILOT
ROYAL AIR FORCE
18TH SEPTEMBER 1940
+
PILOT OFFICER
E. FORD
PILOT
ROYAL AIR FORCE
18TH SEPTEMBER 1940 AGE 26
+
DUTY NOBLY DONE.
REST IN PEACE.
580884 SERGEANT
C. F. MARSHALL
OBSERVER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
18TH SEPTEMBER 1940 AGE 22
+
HIGH, HIGH ABOVE THE CLOUDS
AGAINST THE SETTING SUN
YOUR GREAT TASK WAS DONE.
633936 SERGEANT
R. E. SALISBURY
WIRELESS OPERATOR / AIR GUNNER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
18TH SEPTEMBER 1940 AGE 18
+
GOD, WHO EASED HIS PAIN.
WILL SAFELY KEEP HIM
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN.
Auf den 8 Grabsteinen in der 2. Grabreihe steht Folgendes:
SQUADRON LEADER
F. T. FLOWER
PILOT
ROYAL AIR FORCE
3RD APRIL 1943 AGE 27
+
„MAKE HIM TO BE NUMBERED
WITH THY SAINTS.
IN GLORY EVERLASTING.”
FLYING OFFICER
F. A. SOUTHON
NAVIGATOR
ROYAL AIR FORCE
3RD APRIL 1943 AGE 26
+
DEEP IN OUR HEARTS
HE IS LIVING YET.
WE LOVE HIM TOO DEARLY
TO EVER FORGET.
R.142054 WARRANT OFFICER II
C. M. MC G. COGHILL
AIR GUNNER
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
3RD APRIL 1943 AGE 27
+
RESTING
WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL.
IN PERFECT PEACE
HE AWAITS US ALL.
1111801 FLIGHT SERGEANT
L. FIELDHOUSE
WIRELESS OPERATOR / AIR GUNNER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
3RD APRIL 1943 AGE 23
+
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF A DEAR SON AND BROTHER.
DAD AND DOUGLAS.
655814 SERGEANT
D. MC EWEN
BOMB AIMER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
3RD APRIL 1943 AGE 23
+
AT THE GOING DOWN
OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
964395 FLIGHT SERGEANT
F. W. T. ROUTLEDGE DFM.
FLIGHT ENGINEER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
3RD APRIL 1943 AGE 30
+
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF MY DEAR HUSBAND FRANK.
FOR EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS.
1380892 FLIGHT SERGEANT
E. L. E. L. SHANDLEY
WIRELESS OPERATOR / AIR GUNNER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
3RD APRIL 1943 AGE 21
+
WHAT WE HAVE
OF FREEDOM STILL
WE OWE TO THEIR HEROIC SKILL.
ALWAYS REMEMBERED.
981262 SERGEANT
D. T. WILLIAMS
WIRELESS OPERATOR / AIR GUNNER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
28TH DECEMBER 1941 AGE 28
+
I SEEM TO HEAR HIM SAY
DON’T FRET DEAR.
WE’LL MEET AGAIN SOME DAY.
LOVING WIFE MEGAN.
Auf den 17 Grabsteinen in der 3. Grabreihe steht Folgendes:
A SOLDIER
OF THE
1939-1945
WAR
THE OXFORDSHIRE AND
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INF.
30TH MARCH 1945
+
KNOW UNTO GOD.
14805612 PRIVATE
D. A. PARKMAN
THE OXFORDSHIRE AND
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INF.
30TH MARCH 1945 AGE 18
+
DEAR IS HIS MEMORY
SWEET IS HIS NAME.
DEEP IN MY HEART
HE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN.
4626288 CORPORAL
K. F. A. WEBBER
ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS
30TH MARCH 1945 AGE 27
+
14800133 PRIVATE
A. CLARK
THE OXFORDSHIRE AND
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INF.
30TH MARCH 1945
+
A SOLDIER
OF THE
1939-1945
WAR
THE OXFORDSHIRE AND
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INF.
30TH MARCH 1945
+
KNOWN UNTO GOD.
4278024 PRIVATE
W. C. CLARK
THE OXFORDSHIRE AND
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INF.
30TH MARCH 1945 AGE 35
+
ETERNAL REST
GIVE UNTO HIM. O LORD.
14620328 PRIVATE
G. A. B. LOBLEY
THE OXFORDSHIRE AND
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INF.
30TH MARCH 1945 AGE 30
+
BELOVED HUSBAND OF KATY.
DADDY OF PAT AND ANN
“GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN”
R.I.P.
14620251 CORPORAL
G. BEECROFT
THE OXFORDSHIRE AND
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INF.
30TH MARCH 1945
+
3326248 L.CPL.
J. BATEMAN
THE HIGHLAND AND LIGHT INF.
31ST MARCH 1945 AGE 31
+
YEARS GO BY
BUT MEMORIES STAY.
AS NEAR AND DEAR
AS YESTERDAY.
1210978 SERGEANT
A. CRESSWELL
WIRELESS OPERATOR / AIR GUNNER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
13TH MAY 1943 AGE 23
+
WORTHY
OF EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE.
1351297 SERGEANT
L. GILL
AIR GUNNER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
1ST MAY 1943 AGE 22
+
SWEET MEMORIES
ARE ALL WE HAVE LEFT
OF ONE WE LOVED
AND WILL NEVER FORGET.
1318406 SERGEANT
W. WOODLAND
NAVIGATOR
ROYAL AIR FORCE
1ST MAY 1943 AGE 27
+
I HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT.
I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH.
1010657 SERGEANT
R. MARTIN
FLIGHT ENGINEER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
1ST MAY 1943 AGE 23
+
WORTHY
OF EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE.
409042 FLIGHT SERGEANT
F. B. GILLAN
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
1ST MAY 1943 AGE 29
+
BLESSED
ARE THE PURE IN HEART,
FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD.
1312247 SERGEANT
J. S. HARRIS
AIR GUNNER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
1ST MAY 1943
+
635059 FLIGHT SERGEANT
K. HALL D.F.M.
WIRELESS OPERATOR / AIR GUNNER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
1ST MAY 1943 AGE 23
+
IN PROUD, EVERLASTING MEMORY
OF KEN.
WHO GAVE HIS LIFE
FOR HIS COUNTRY AT REST.
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT
J. W. POTTS
PILOT
ROYAL AIR FORCE
1ST MAY 1943 AGE 29
+
GREATER LOVE
HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN
HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
Auf den 17 Grabsteinen in der 4. Grabreihe steht Folgendes:
1049072 SERGEANT
F. G. EDWARDS
AIR GUNNER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
21ST FEBRUARY 1945 AGE 32
+
HE GAVE HIS TODAY
FOR OUR TOMORROW.
FLYING OFFICER
P. I. GREEN
PILOT
ROYAL AIR FORCE
21ST FEBRUARY 1945 AGE 21
+
AT THE GOING DOWN
OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER HIM.
3030989 SERGEANT
H. R. PIPER
FLIGHT ENGINEER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
21ST FEBRUARY 1945 AGE 22
+
IN PROUD MEMORY
OF OUR DEARLY LOVED ONLY SON
HARRY ROBERT
FLYING OFFICER
R. M. M. STRATTAN
NAVIGATOR
ROYAL AIR FORCE
4TH FEBRUARY 1945 AGE 23
+
BELOVED SON OF W. L. STRATTAN
AND THE LATE ANNIE M. CRABB
OF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT
M. EWASCHUK
PILOT
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
4TH FEBRUARY 1945 AGE 24
+
REST IN PEACE DEAR, SON.
MAY FREEDOM PREVAIL
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
710092 FLIGHT SERGEANT
P. C. N. GREEN
PILOT
ROYAL AIR FORCE
25TH DECEMBER 1944 AGE 20
+
O LIGHT ETER NAL.
JESU BLEST.
SHINE ON THEM ALL
AND GRANT THEM REST.
423544 FLIGHT SERGEANT
A. B. LLEWELLYN
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
23RD OCTOBER 1944 AGE 26
+
DUTY NOBLY DONE.
424838 FLIGHT SERGEANT
K. H. ROWLEY
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
23RD OCTOBER 1944 AGE 24
+
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN.
429341 FLIGHT SERGEANT
J. E. J. KELLY
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
23RD OCTOBER 1944
+
TO THE WORLD HE WAS ONLY ONE.
TO US HE WAS ALL THE WORLD.
I. H. FLEMING SERVED AS
436537 FLIGHT SERGEANT
I. HUNTER
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
23RD OCTOBER 1944 AGE 25
+
VIRTUTE EGREGIUS
1897417 SERGEANT
F. W. NIBLETT
FLIGHT ENGINEER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
23RD OCTOBER 1944 AGE 36
+
TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS
OF THOSE WE LEAVE BEHIND
IS NOT TO DIE.
420045 WARRANT OFFICER
J. PHILIP
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
23RD OCTOBER 1944 AGE 26
+
FLYING OFFICER
D. W. MAC LEAN
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
23RD OCTOBER 1944 AGE 32
DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND
OF “JESS”.
1575533 SERGEANT
I. E. MOBLEY
BOMB AIMER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
13TH MAY 1943 AGE 21
+
GREATER LOVE THAN THIS
NO MAN HATH,
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN
HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
658403 SERGEANT
G. R. Y. WOOD
PILOT
ROYAL AIR FORCE
13TH MAY 1943 AGE 23
+
HE PLAYED HIS PART
AND IS EVER IN THE THOUGHTS
OF HIS MOTHER, POP
AND BROTHERS.
1379214 SERGEANT
E. L. GUMMER
NAVIGATOR
ROYAL AIR FORCE
13TH MAY 1943 AGE 20
+
SWEET JESUS, GRANT HIM
ETER NAL REST AND PEACE
NOW AND FOR EVERMORE.
993817 SERGEANT
T. H. SMITH
WIRELESS OP. / AIR GUNNER
ROYAL AIR FORCE
13TH MAY 1943 AGE 26
+
IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY.
Grab vom niederländischen Soldaten:
Bild von dem niederländischen Soldatengrab. Hier hat der niederländische Soldat Jan Willem Te Sligte seine letzte Ruhestätte erhalten. Er starb am 12.05.1940 bei Achterveld. Auf dem Grab befindet sich ein niederländischer Helm.
