CWGC | Rheinberg War Cemetery

Rheinberg War Cemetery, which is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, is just south of the centre of the town of Rheinberg on the road to Kamp Lintfort. Rheinberg, in North Rhine Westphalia, is close to the River Rhine and only 23 miles downstream of the 26 May 1943 mission target of Düsseldorf.

The site of Rheinberg War Cemetery was chosen in April 1946 by the Army Graves Service for the relocation of Commonwealth graves recovered from many German cemeteries in the area. The majority of those now buried in the cemetery were airmen, whose graves were brought in from Düsseldorf, Krefeld, Munchen-Gladbach, Essen, Aachen and Dortmund; 450 graves were from Cologne alone.

The men of the other fighting services buried here mostly lost their lives during the battle of the Rhineland, or in the advance from the Rhine to the Elbe. There are now 3,330 Commonwealth servicemen of World War II buried or commemorated at Rheinberg War Cemetery. 156 of the burials are unidentified.

Rheinberg War Cemetery looking North. Plot 3 is in the foreground, Plot 4 is to the right of the Pavilion

28 of Major Walter Ehle's victims from 26th May 1943 are buried together ar Rheinberg: 24 in Plot 4, Row D, and 4 others in the adjacent Row E. Hover or tap on the plan below for an aerial view.

Rheinberg War Cemetery: Plot 4, Row D
Grave		Name	Aircraft Type \| Serial No \| ID			Duty
1		SMITH, Leonard Ray	Stirling III	BF534	LS-L	Air Gunner
2		MORRIS, Hugh John	Stirling III	BF534	LS-L	Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner
3		CODD, William Reginald Leslie	Halifax II	JB837	KN-D	Flight Engineer
4		WATERSTON, John Hunter	Halifax II	JB837	KN-D	Navigator
5-20	C O L L E C T I V E G R A V E	BROADHEAD, Eric	Stirling I	EF361	MG-B	Flight Engineer
5-20		COLLINS, Norman Sidney	Stirling III	EF887	HA-Z	Pilot
5-20		DENHAM, Walter	Stirling I	EF361	MG-B	Air Bomber
5-20		FINCHAM, Arthur William	Stirling III	EF887	HA-Z	Flight Engineer
5-20		KERSHAW, Joseph	Halifax II	JB837	KN-D	Wireless Opartor/ Air Gunner
5-20		LAURENCE, Joseph Fernand Rolland	Halifax II	JB837	KN-D	Air Gunner
5-20		LEWIS, Richard	Halifax II	JB837	KN-D	Pilot
5-20		MacFARLANE, David William	Halifax II	JB837	KN-D	Air Gunner
5-20		MAYNARD, Derek Charles	Stirling III	EH887	HA-Z	Air Gunner
5-20		NEWMAN, Raymon Edgar	Stirling III	BF534	LS-L	Air Bomber
5-20		ORCHARD, Thomas Charles Lewis	Stirling III	BF534	LS-L	Air Gunner
5-20		O'RIORDAN, Dennis Patrick	Stirling III	BF534	LS-L	Flight Engineer
5-20		RICHARDSON, John Walton	Halifax II	JB837	KN-D	Navigator/Bomber
5-20		SMITH, Charles Thomas	Stirling III	BF534	LS-L	Air Observer
5-20		THOMSON, Ivan Samuel	Stirling III	BF534	LS-L	Pilot
5-20		Not Known
21		BERTHIAUME, Joseph Francois Exavier Gilles	Stirling I	EF361	MG-B	Pilot
22		HILLS, William James	Stirling I	EF361	MG-B	Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner
23		LAGNA, Noel	Stirling I	EF361	MG-B	Air Gunner
24		BROTHERTON, Alwyn	Stirling I	EF361	MG-B	Navigator
24		FISHER, Albert Leslie	Stirling I	EF361	MG-B	Air Gunner

Rheinberg War Cemetery: Plot 4, Row E Graves 1-4
Grave	Name	Aircraft Type \| Serial No \| ID			Duty
1	LAMOND, James Crawford	Stirling III	EH887	HA-Z	Air Gunner
2	ROUGHAN, John Patrick	Stirling III	EH887	HA-Z	Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner
3	LEDBURY, William James	Stirling III	EH887	HA-Z	Navigator/ Bomber
4	BLANCHARD, Cyril Francis	Stirling III	EH887	HA-Z	Navigator