Relation with Lake (class): None. No link.   
Total nr. of casualties buried here (TC): 1
Lake casualties, initially, end WW2 (LC-I): 0
Unknown today: 0
of which unknown from Lake (LC-U): 0
of which unknown from North Sea (NS-U): 0
Initial burial site in WW2: yes.
Post war burial site for collection and reburial from other sites: no.
Cemetery with Lake casualties today: no.


                
SNEEK GENERAL CEMETERY

On the bank of the lake east of Sneek, crashed Mosquito DZ689, 25 Sqn RAF, 20 October 1943. Navigator F/O Burrow became POW. Pilot Squadron Leader Ken Mathews was killed and buried here. He is the only Allied military buried in this city.


   
Dutch name cemetery: Sneek Gemeentelijke Begr. pl. 
Full name: Sneek General Cemetery.
Address (usable for car navigation):
Kerkhoflaan, Sneek.

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