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BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
By Hajotthu - Own work, CC BY 3.0, curid=14738172
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.
Coordinates: 52.88970, 9.91619
Description courtesy of FindaGrave.com
Grave Marker | RANK | First Name | Surname | AGE | Date of Death | Photographs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Private | DUNCAN | ANGUS | 30 | Thursday, April 26, 1945 | ||
Private | ERIC MATTHEW | BULMAN | 20 | Friday, April 13, 1945 | ||
Private | KENNETH WILLIAM | GANDERTON | 19 | Friday, April 13, 1945 | ||
Private | WILLIAM | HOUSTON | 27 | Wednesday, April 25, 1945 | ||
Private | DAVID SHANKLAND | HOUSTON | 37 | Friday, April 13, 1945 | ||
Private | RAYMOND EWART | MIDDLETON | 19 | Wednesday, April 18, 1945 | ||
Private | MARTIN | McDOWALL | 18 | Wednesday, April 25, 1945 | ||
Private | JOHN | ROGERS | 21 | Friday, April 13, 1945 | ||
Private | ROBERT LEIGH | STENHOUSE | 30 | Thursday, April 19, 1945 | ||
Corporal | HARRY PARSONS | WATKISS | 24 | Thursday, April 19, 1945 | ||
Private | LIONEL | WHITEHEAD | 19 | Friday, April 13, 1945 |
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