Relation with Lake (class): No. Is Other Cemetery in Area (OCA)  
Total nr. of casualties buried here (TC): 3. 
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.
Post war burial site for collection and reburial from other sites: no.
Cemetery with Lake casualties today: no.


          
ALKMAAR GENERAL CEMETERY

War dead in this area usually went to nearby Bergen (aan Zee) cemetery. Nevertheless 3 Allied casualties are interred in Alkmaar. Sgt. Shipley's Whitley bomber crashed in January 1941 in a lake in the dunes. His crew mates were recovered, brought to Amsterdam and buried there. Sgt. Shipley's body was seen laying on the lake bottom months later on the 16th of May. Apparently the connection with the earlier crash in January was not made and therefore he was not buried next to his 3 colleagues in Amsterdam, but here in Alkmaar. Also a Royal Navy seaman rests here. He was a sailor on the 'S.S. Pacific'.

     

Dutch name cemetery: Alkmaar Alg. Begr. pl.  
Full name: Alkmaar General Cemetery.
Address (usable for car navigation):
Westerweg 250, Alkmaar.

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Senior German officer, his NCO (Luftwaffe) holding his briefcase. The Luftwaffe soldier, probably their driver, has both hands full. 
Photo taken on the traditional cheese market in Alkmaar. Foto collection M. Buys.




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