File 887. Hallum Prot. Churchyard War Grave
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Relation with Lake (class): None. Cemetery without lake link.
Total nr. of casualties buried here (TC): ? end WW2. Today 3.
Lake casualties, initially, end WW2 (LC-I): 0
Unknown today: 1
of which unknown from Lake (LC-U): 0
of which unknown from North Sea (NS-U): 1
Initial burial site in WW2.
Post war burial site for collection and reburial from other sites: no.
Cemetery with Lake casualties today: no.
HALLUM
On this churchyard are the graves of 3 airmen that washed ashore here. One very early in the war, see photo below. The other two, F/O Robert Draper and Sgt. David Stanners were both buried in the summer of 1942. No info on exhumed French Dunkirk soldiers or US airmen.
Dutch name cemetery: Hallum Protestantse kerk/kerkhof.
Full name: Ferwerderadeel (Hallum) Protestant churchyard.
Address (usable for car navigation):
Rondweg, Spokepad or Kerkpad 8.
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The unknown RAF airman was buried on the 25st June 1940. His date of death can lay between September 1939 and just before his burial date.
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