Final Resting Places

This article lists the Operation Freshman personnel and their final resting place. I have also provided a description of the cemetery or memorial that they are commemorated on. The list of personnel was extracted from numerous document at the PRO. The details of their final resting place was provided by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s web site.

All the personnel either died in the crash of the two guilders, or were subsequently murdered by the German occupation forces in Norway.

Four soldiers who have no known grave are commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial.

The other servicemen are buried in three cemeteries in Norway: Stavanger (Eiganes) Churchyard, Oslo Western Civil Cemetery and Helleland Churchyard.

STAVANGER (EIGANES) CHURCHYARD
This section list the Freshman personnel buried in Stavanger (Eiganes) Churchyard, Norway. The details were supplied from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s web site.

NAMEAGEGRAVE
Allen AC24Z.13
Bailey EW31Z.17
Bellfield JTV26Z.5
Bevan H22Z.4
Bray FW29Z.3
Campbell A24Z.2
Davies NA28Z.9
Doig P25Z.12
Faulkner TW22Z.1
Fraser HJ28Z.10
Grundy CH22Z.18
Healey F29Z.22
Hunter JGV22Z.23
Jacques W30Z.24
Knowles G28Z.14
Legate HZ.19
Methven DA20Z.21
Norman R22Z.25
Pendlebury E25Z.7
Simkins G30Z.26
Smallman LZ.6
Stephen JMZ.8
Strathdee MFZ.11
Thomas JGL23Z.15
Williams GS18Z.16
Buried in Stavanger (Eiganes) Churchyard.

OSLO WESTERN CIVIL CEMETERY
This section list the Freshman personnel buried in Oslo Western Civil Cemetery, Norway. The details were supplied from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s web site.

NAMEAGEGRAVE
Blackburn JF281.B.8
Bonner F252.B.8
Evans R211.B.7
Jackson WM212.B.9
Walsh JW212.B.6
White TW231.B.9
Buried in Oslo Western Civil Cemetery.

HELLELAND CHURCHYARD
This section list the crew of the 2nd Halifax which towed Glider No. 2. All these service personnel are buried in Helleland Churchyard.

NAMEROLEAGEGRAVE
Buckton AWireless Op/Air Gnr232
Edwards GMAir Gunner243
Falconer JFlt Engineer205
Haward ATHObserver281
Parkinson AAPilot4
Thomas AENavigator326
De Gency GWSCo-Pilot207
Buried in Helleland Churchyard.

BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL
This section list the four Freshman personnel who are commemorated on the Brookwood Memorial. After they were murdered by the German Forces, their bodies were taken out and thrown in to the sea. Consequently, they have no known grave.

Their exact date of their murder is unknown. At the war crimes trial of their murderers, the charge stated that they were killed sometime during November 1942.

NAMEAGEPANELCOLUMN
Cairncross JD2251
Farrell PP2673
Masters TL2552
Smith EJ2471
Listed on the Brookwood Memorial.