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Commonwealth War Grave Roman Catholic Churchyard

At the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Schalkwijk (municipality of Houten) an Airborne soldier from the Commonwealth who was washed up in 1944, a victim of the Battle of Arnhem.

4914107 L.CPL H. SPOONER
THE SOUTH PENALTIES
REGIMENT
AIRBORNE
SEPTEMBER 26, 1944 27 years

At the bottom of the tombstone is stated:
THE GIFT THAT WE SHOULD LIVE
IN FREEDOM
LET HIS GIVING
NOT GO UNANSWERED

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Source

  • Text: Dick de Bruijne & Fedor de Vries
  • Photos: Arjan Vrieze