Leopoldsburg War Cemetery

19/03/2021

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05/11/2017

31/10/2017

Rank: Sergeant James Southern
Trade: Flight Engineer
Service No: 941962
Date of Death: 22/05/1944
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 44 (Rhodesia) Sqdn
Grave Reference: Coll. grave V. C. 1.
Additional Information: Son of James and Elizabeth Ellen Southern, of Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorkshire.
Picture thanks to Helen Gowans her grandma, sister of James Southern

30/10/2017

De Belgisch Militaire Begraafplaats van Leopoldsburg werd in 1928 aangelegd naast de Duitse begraafplaats die de Duitsers tijdens de oorlog hadden aangelegd. De Duitsers gebruikten het kamp van Leopoldsburg om nieuwe rekruten op te leiden en te laten wennen aan de erbarmelijke omstandigheden in de loopgraven. Het is ook de plaats waar het chloorgas, dat gebruikt werd op 22 april 1915 tijdens de Tweede Slag om Ieper, voor het eerst uitgeprobeerd werd. In 1933 werden er nog 404 Duitse slachtoffers afkomstig van gemeentelijke begraafplaatsen in Limburg, Antwerpen en Vlaams-Brabant aan de Duitse begraafplaats toegevoegd. Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog werden de Duitse slachtoffers overgebracht naar Lommel. En op de vrijgekomen plaats werden Belgische en Russische slachtoffers uit deze oorlog begraven. Op dit moment bevat de begraafplaats 1312 graven uit beide oorlogen. De Belgisch Militaire Begraafplaats Leopoldsburg is gelegen aan de Koning Leopold II-laan in Leopoldsburg (51°06’44”N-5°15’56”O).

14/01/2017

Rank: Trooper James Rothwell
Service No: 3457622
Date of Death: 06/09/1944
Age: 30
Regiment/Service: Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C., 44th
Grave Reference: VII. A. 6.
Cemetery: Leopoldsburg War Cemetery
Additional Information: Son of Fred and Isabella Rothwell; husband of Edith May Rothwell, of Pendlebury, Lancashire.

Source CWGC

Rick Fouracre wrote the following about his great great uncle James Rothwell.
"Hello. With the help of another webpage dedicated to this cemetery, I was able to receive a picture of the gravesite of my Great-Great Uncle. I would be happy to share with you, his picture to be added to your page for him to be honoured. If you have any other pictures or information on him, I, too, would greatly appreciate to hear about it."

"Based on the information I tried to accumulate, I believe his unit were moving towards Holland for Operation : Market Garden. At the time of his death, they were fighting at Wortegen. He was hit by a Sniper and the crew - family friends - reported they located and neutralised the Sniper."

"Pendlebury Trooper killed in France.

Mrs. J. Rothwell, St. John Street 8, Pendlebury, has received official notification that her husband, Tpr. James Rothwell has been killed in action in France.
Tpr. Rothwell was a member of the famous Eight Army and took part in the fighting in North Africa, Egypt, Sicily and Italy.
He went to France shortly after D-Day.
Called up in June,1940, he was 30 years of age and leaves two children. He was employed by Bloor grocers of the 'Height, and was the younger son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rothwell off Clifton.
Tpr. Rothwell attended Clifton school and his younger sister is serving in the A.T.S."

Information and photo Rothwell by Rick Fouracre.

10/11/2016

02/10/2016

01/07/2016

The nation will fall silent for two minutes on Friday to mark 100 years since the start of the Battle Of The Somme.
It will commence at 7.28am and end on the chimes of Big Ben at 7.30.
And on the evening of July 1, we will be screening on Facebook the Veterans' Foundation Somme tribute which will be projected on to the White Cliffs of Dover.

06/06/2016

Programme des commémorations 2016 du Jour-J en Normandie

Lien : http://wp.me/p7hYvR-4TV

Le Mémorial de Caen Ouest-France France 3 Basse-Normandie Agence France-Presse