- Contributed by
- Paula H
- People in story:
- Cpl.K F M Bond....Cpl L P Ewin ... Cpl A R Saunders (all Dec:)
- Location of story:
- Druten . Netherlands
- Background to story:
- Army
- Article ID:
- A3236122
- Contributed on:
- 07 November 2004
Having recently come to live in Druten , I was told about 4 war graves in a small cemetery at Puiflyk, Druten . I went there with my Daughter in Law just before 1st Nov when families place flowers /plants by the graves of their loved ones. I took with me flowers for the graves of these 4 young men . If there are any family members in the UK still , it may please them to know ,that I will visit the cemetery on Nov 11th and each month as far as I am able . It would please me so very much if I thought some one was doing the same in the cemetery in Salerno, Sicily, where my uncle is buried . It may also please any of the families to know that the Dutch remember those who died in Holland during the war , and do tend the graves . There were lovely winter pansies growing in front of ours here in Druten ,placed there I believe on the day the Dutch people hold their rememberence . Here then are the details I took down .
Grave 1: Neil .B. Couper.Pilot Officer.
NZ Air Force .
D.O.D 20/9/1944. Age and details unknown.
Grave 2:Cpl Kenneth .F.M.Bond.RAC 49th Regt.
D.O.D 24/12/44 Aged 21. Parents: Frederick A and Minnie Bond. of Enfield , Middlesex.
Grave 3: Cpl,Leonard.P.Ewin KRRC.
D.O.D.6/11/44 Aged 28. Parents L.P and Louisa Ewin , Wife : Lilian F. Ewin of Gillingham Dorset.
Grave 4 :Cpl.Arthur . R,Saunders . RAC
D.O.D2/4/1945 Aged 24. Parents : William J and Beatrice Saunders of Hilsea , Portsmouth .
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