550 Squadron and RAF North Killingholme Association

Cemeteries

The Cemeteries report contains the list of cemeteries, and other sites, where the the aircrew of No. 550 Squadron (Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force) who gave their lives while the Squadron was on operations are laid. In the case of aircrew for whom there is no known resting place then Runnymede is referenced.

The default report provides the complete list of cemeteries in alphabetic order.

There are also options, by suitable manipulation of the URI (web-link), to:

Return the list in alphabetic order by country code, within which the graves are also listed alphabetically. Thus, click here.
Return the results for a single country by using the country code in the URI. For example, for NL, click here. To generate the shortened list of results for a different country it is simply necessary to insert the appropriate country code in the URI (web-link), i.e. 'country=XYZ' (where 'XYZ' can be one of BE, DE, DK, FR, IRL, NL or UK , as all are locations of 550 aircrew graves).

To re-generate the original list here.

Definitions of the abbreviations used are available: here.

Reerso Churchyard (Denmark)

Description	Web Links
Reerso is on a peninsula of western Zealand; Reerso Churchyard contains the grave of one Commonwealth airman. The war grave is located in the north-west corner of the new part of the churchyard, about 91 metres from the church on the perimeter wall.	http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2026384/Reerso%20Churchyard

Rank	Initials (First Name)	Last Name	Decorations	Service	Service No.	Role	Flight	Grave/Panel	Web Links
F/Sgt	G W (Geoffrey Wilkinson)	Battersby		RAF	998897	F/Eng	EE193	CWGC	/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/WOWHSAnsell/index.php /documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/EE193/index.php http://www.flensted.eu.com/1944125.shtml http://www.airmen.dk/c077.htm http://www.airmen.dk/a077001.htm

TOTAL: 550 Aircrew buried or commemorated at this location

Summaries

Summary Totals

TOTAL number of Cemeteries (as listed above) with 550 dead	1
TOTAL number of 550 Aircrew recorded at the above Cemeteries	1

Number of Cemeteries per Country

Country	Total
Belgium	7
Denmark	1
France	15
Germany	5
Ireland	2
The Netherlands	6
UK	33
TOTAL	69

Totals of Men in all Cemeteries per Country

Country	Total
Belgium	39
Denmark	1
France	86
Germany	116
Ireland	2
The Netherlands	36
UK	94
TOTAL	374

The details were last updated: 22 November 2024

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