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Commonwealth War Graves Spanbroek

(The Netherlands, - North Holland - Spanbroek)

war graves

Spanbroek is a small village near Opmeer. The small Churchyard partly surrounds the church, which is in the centre of the village. In a central position are the graves of five airmen, of whom three belonged to the United Kingdom and two to Australia. They died on 13/06/1944.

Spanbroek Churchyard, photo of the graves of

Leonard Thomas Victor SUFFIELD

Alexander Gregory SCOTT

Alfred Ronald WILLIAMS

Jeffrey Gordon LANE

Charles Stirling Dundas TAINSH 

Source Text:Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Photos: Fedor de Vries; Research: Susan Campbell

image of 5 headstones at Spanbroek

The beautiful, somber, image above was found on the internet by Paul Williams, nephew of Alfred Ronald Williams. The image was submitted to the website with permission to use by Gerard de Boer www.skygazer.nl. Our thanks to Mr. de Boer for his kind permission.

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