becklingen war cemetery

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The site of Becklingen War Cemetery was chosen for its position on a hillside overlooking Luneburg Heath. Luneburg Heath was where, on 4 May 1945, Field-Marshal Montgomery accepted the German surrender from Admiral Doenitz. Burials were brought into the cemetery from isolated sites in the countryside, small German cemeteries and prisoner of war camps cemeteries, including the Fallingbostel cemetery, within a radius of about 80 kilometres. Most of those buried in the cemetery died during the last two months of the war. Becklingen War Cemetery contains 2,374 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 97 of them unidentified. There are also 27 war graves of other nationalities, many of them Polish.
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  1. RM CDOS Burrows, Derrick Trevor

    SURNAME Burrows FORENAME Derrick Trevor UNIT 46 Commando RANK Lieutenant NUMBER DATE OF DEATH 13th April 1945 AGE GRAVESITE Becklingen War Cemetery,Germany 3.F.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION son of Percy Charles and Claudia Emelene Burrows,Old Windsor,Berks. died Germany

  2. RM CDOS Brockbank, Maurice Chester

    SURNAME Brockbank FORENAME Maurice Chester UNIT 45 Commando (C Troop), former 40 Commando RANK Captain NUMBER DATE OF DEATH 12th April 1945 AGE 35 GRAVESITE Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany 8.D.13 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 30.08.1910 son of Clarence Jesse and Caroline...

  3. RM CDOS Boniface, William George

    SURNAME Boniface FORENAME William George UNIT 45 Commando RANK Lance Corporal NUMBER PO/X 3924 DATE OF DEATH 12th April 1945 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany 8.D.10 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 30.06.1921, Eastbourne, Sussex, UK son of Albert Henry and...

  4. RM CDOS Benson, John

    SURNAME Benson FORENAME John UNIT 45 Commando RANK Marine NUMBER CH/X 110708 DATE OF DEATH 12th April 1945 AGE 21 GRAVESITE Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany 8.D.11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 19.12.1923, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK son of Herbert and Beatrice Benson, Leeds...

  5. ARMY CDOS Thistlewood, Ronald Harry

    SURNAME Thistlewood FORENAME Ronald Harry UNIT 3 Commando RANK Corporal NUMBER 14422865 DATE OF DEATH 13th April 1945 AGE 19 GRAVESITE Becklingen War Cemetery,Germany 8.D.5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit King's Royal Rifle Corps born Birmingham son of Harry and...

  6. ARMY CDOS Moon, Leonard Walter

    SURNAME Moon FORENAME Leonard Walter UNIT 3 Commando RANK Private NUMBER 5340714 DATE OF DEATH 11th June 1945 AGE 27 GRAVESITE Becklingen War Cemetery,Germany 3.F.7 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Manchester Regiment born Kent resided London SE died 11.4.1945 (PRO)...

  7. ARMY CDOS McGonnigle, James

    SURNAME McGonnigle FORENAME James UNIT 3 Commando RANK Guardsman NUMBER 2700772 DATE OF DEATH 11th April 1945 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Becklingen War Cemetery,Germany 8.D.7 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Scots Guards born Glasgow resided Glasgow husband of Ivy Joy...

  8. ARMY CDOS Henderson, Robert Smith Jamieson

    SURNAME Henderson FORENAME Robert Smith Jamieson UNIT 3 Commando RANK Corporal NUMBER 2933867 DATE OF DEATH 11th April 1945 AGE 27 GRAVESITE Becklingen War Cemetery,Germany 8.D.6 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit 5 Bn Cameron Highlanders born Glasgow son of James and...

  9. ARMY CDOS Griffith, Keith James

    SURNAME Griffith FORENAME Keith James UNIT 10 Commando (X Troop) RANK Lieutenant (A/Captain) NUMBER 322333 DATE OF DEATH 11th April 1945 AGE 26 GRAVESITE Becklingen War Cemetery,Germany 8.D.8 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION true name Glaser,Kurt Joachim parent unit Queen's Royal...

  10. ARMY CDOS Davies, Joseph Reginald

    SURNAME Davies FORENAME Joseph Reginald UNIT 3 Commando RANK Fusilier NUMBER 4209027 DATE OF DEATH 11th April 1945 AGE 30 GRAVESITE Becklingen War Cemetery,Germany 8.D.4 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION parent unit Royal Welch Fusiliers born Flintshire resided Flintshire died Germany
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