Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany

Cemetery Details

Location Grunewaldestrasse,
Co‑ordinates N51.740626, E6.082279
Description

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery was created after the Second World War when burials were brought in from all over western Germany and is the largest Commonwealth cemetery in the country.

Some of those members of the land forces buried there died in the advance through Reichswald Forest in February 1945. Others died crossing the Rhine, among them members of the airborne forces whose bodies were brought from Hamminkeln, where landings were made by the 6th Airborne Division from bases in England.

Some of the airmen buried in the cemetery lost their lives in supporting the advance into Germany, but most died earlier in the war in the intensive air attacks over Germany. Their graves were brought in from cemeteries and isolated sites in the surrounding area.

There are now 7,594 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 176 of the burials are unidentified. There are also 78 war graves of other nationalities, most of them Polish.

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Names

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CALLAGHAN, William Desmond

Service number 433892
Flight Sergeant
No. 170 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 20 May 1925

KENYON, Terence James

Service number 426439
Flying Officer
No. 466 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 12 Aug 1922

PARSONS, Frank Edward

Service number 406579
Flying Officer
No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 26 Oct 1917

DARKEN, Raymond De Champfleur

Service number 411096
Flight Sergeant
No. 207 Squadron (RAF)
Royal Air Force
Born 11 Jan 1917

NORMOYLE, Francis Robert

Service number 420905
Flight Lieutenant
Born 4 Jun 1916

KENNEDY, Roy Campbell

Service number 409840
Flight Lieutenant
Born 4 Nov 1922

GILLESPIE, Anthony Edward

Service number 439630
Flight Sergeant
No. 163 Squadron (RAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 28 Apr 1925

SKILBECK, Robert Wesley

Service number 430063
Flying Officer
Born 6 Jul 1924

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