The Scottish War Graves Project

adb41 · Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 1546

Has anybody got a link to a website which gives information on Norwegian servicemen? I have nearly two dozen pictures of Norse wargraves in Orkney (in St Olaf's and Lyness), and cannot readily find such info on the net. I can pull any Norse language sites through Google Translator (at my peril).

Guido

spoons · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 3:34 pm Post subject:

I don't think there is one, I have been looking for some time. I also wrote to the Norwegian Consulate in Edinburgh on the subject but never got a reply.

See here for what other country equivalents of CWGC I have found so far.

http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3142&mforum=warmemscot

If you need any translation, I used to have some basic Danish (now very rusty) and the 2 languages are very similar - at least when they are written down.

\Paul

adb41 · Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 1546

Have plugged an email to the Norwegian Consulate in Edinburgh, let's hope I get a reply.

adb41 · Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 1546

Reply from Norwegian Consul in Edinburgh

Reference is made to your e-mail of 8 November regarding the above matter.

To obtain more information about Norse military servicemen I would recommend you to log on DIS Norge which is the Genealogy Society of Norway on on www.disnorge.no. You may also find the Norwegian Armed Forces website useful; www.mil.no

Yours sincerely,
______________________________________
Mona Røhne
Consul
Royal Norwegian Consulate General
86 George Street
Edinburgh EH2 3BU
Tel: +44 (0) 131 226 5701
Fax: +44 (0) 131 220 4976
E-mail: mona.rohne@mfa.no
Web: www.norway.org.uk

adb41 · Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 1546

Having tried the above links, I experienced a drowning feeling. The DIS Norge site, operated through the Google Translator, generates 13 windows with search results.

spoons · Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:40 pm Post subject:

thanks Guido

I was aware of the second site but I cannot see anything that really helps on either. If anyone is interested in one individual only then I guess you might get some help from the genealogy site but thanks to your efforts, we know that they have no CWGC equivalent so I guess all we can do on the project is just a transcription?

\Paul

ADP · Joined: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 105 Location: Edinburgh

See http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/KKD/Kirke/NORSKE%20KRIGSGRAVER%20I%20UTLANDET_mai2008.pdf for a list of Norwegian War Graves Abroad (NORSKE KRIGSGRAVER I UTLANDET).

ADP

Adam Brown · Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 714 Location: Edinburgh

Does anyone know if the Norwegians operated a policy of repatriating war dead at the family's request similar to the USA?

I ask because a Norwegian soldier who died in a traffic accident in the north of Scotland in 1942 is not listed on that pdf.

Adam

Adam Brown · Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 714 Location: Edinburgh

Here are the Scottish graves.

SURNAME. Name. Rank. Unit. Date of birth. Date of Death. Grave location

Aberdeen - Grove Cemetery
ERIKSEN Ferdinand Fyrbøter Handelsflåten 27.03.1899 20.01.1940 LAIR 1631
PEDERSEN Paul Donkymann Handelsflåten 03.10.1894 20.01.1940 LAIR 1631

Dumfries -Troqueer New Burial Ground
ABRAHAMSEN Abraham Styrmann Handelsflåten 29.09.1882 06.03.1943 2ND EXT H 49
BØRRESEN Einar Sersjant Hæren 19.01.1914 26.06.1943 2ND EXT H 48
ERLANDSEN Atle Arnfred Menig Hæren 10.03.1904 28.06.1940 2ND EXT H 110
HERVIG Otto U.m.m. Sjøforsvaret 06.03.1919 18.02.1942 2ND EXT H 52
LARSEN Henrik Maskinmester Handelsflåten 06.05.1882 20.02.1942 2ND EXT H 51
LUNDLIE Almar Ferdinand Korporal Hæren 23.03.1915 28.06.1941 2ND EXT H 55
SØRENSEN Søren Maskinmester Handelsflåten 08.07.1881 11.02.1942 2ND EXT H 53
WESTNES Konrad Edvin Menig Hæren 17.08.1879 11.03.1942 2ND EXT H 50

Edinburgh - Colinton Parish Churchyard
VENNESLAND Olaf Menig Hæren 14.05.1905 21.12.1945 Q 28 PR

Edinburgh - Eastern Cemetery
EDVARDSEN Ingvar Einar Sjømann Handelsflåten 09.05.1919 11.09.1942 C 124

Edinburgh - Seafield Cemetery
RASMUSSEN Rasmus Kvartermester Sjøforsvaret 24.06.1910 20.04.1941 R Q 3

Glasgow - Cardonald Cemetery
BERG Olav Margido Sjømann Handelsflåten 23.08.1903 06.12.1941 D 1924 A
CASPERSEN Oscar Karinius Maskinist Handelsflåten 19.10.1895 21.06.1941 D 1925
CRISTOPHERSEN Rolf Sjømann Handelsflåten 31.08.1899 10.11.1942 D 1924
HANSEN Birger Osvald Motormann Handelsflåten 04.08.1911 05.12.1941 D 1924
JOHANNESEN Einar Donkeymann Handelsflåten 06.02.1908 22.04.1941 D 1925
KRISTIANSEN Karl Johan Fredrik Maskinmester Handelsflåten 24.12.1880 31.12.1940 D 1833 A
PEDERSEN Paul Otto Sjømann Handelsflåten 06.07.1881 25.01.1943 2020 A
PETTERSEN Peder Gunerius Båtsmann Handelsflåten 15.11.1887 27.04.1941 D 1925 B
SELVIK Johan Hermann Maskinist Handelsflåten 16.02.1889 26.01.1941 D 1833 B
SIMONSEN Emil Kristian Sjømann Handelsflåten 24.05.1893 31.10.1941 D 1925A
SULEN Joakim Wilhelm Sjømann Handelsflåten 02.07.1918 06.02.1943 2020 A

Glasgow - Lambhill Cemetery
GJENDEMSJØ Kasmer Maskinist Handelsflåten 07.01.1908 04.11.1942 R 2114

Greenock Cemetery

ANDREASSEN Nils Ove Tømmermann Handelsflåten 21.11.1888 22.02.1941 CCC 1033
BERNTZEN Berner Sjømann Handelsflåten 15.11.1895 20.03.1940 5 17 A
BJAARSTAD Adrian Skipsfører Handelsflåten 02.02.1898 27.01.1940 5 18 A
BRANDVIK Johan Messegutt Handelsflåten 18.01.1917 27.01.1940 5 28 A
GULLIKSEN Anders Sjømann Handelsflåten 02.06.1887 20.03.1940 5 17 G
HANSEN Stian Sjømann Handelsflåten 11.08.1918 20.03.1940 5 19 A
HOLMEN Martin Anton Sjømann Handelsflåten 24.02.1921 27.01.1940 5 26 B
JENSEN Storm Louis Sjømann Handelsflåten 02.11.1900 27.01.1940 5 24 B
LARSEN Carsten Messegutt Handelsflåten 28.09.1916 27.01.1940 5 20 B
LIER Harry Camillo Stuert Handelsflåten 16.02.1896 27.01.1940 5 26 A
LUND Trygve Maskinmester Handelsflåten 13.08.1897 27.01.1940 5 24 A
MELKERSEN Arthur Meier Maskinist Handelsflåten 21.09.1897 27.01.1940 5 18 B
NESSE Søren Knutsen Kokk Handelsflåten 22.07.1908 27.01.1940 5 20 A
RASMUSSEN Thorvald Severin Styrmann Handelsflåten 06.12.1908 27.01.1940 5 22 A
SYLTE Martin Menig Hæren 02.08.1907 06.05.1940 5 30
VABU Ottar Erling Fyrbøter Handelsflåten 17.02.1905 08.05.1940 5 23
UKJENT Handelsflåten 5 24a
UKJENT Handelsflåten 5 24b
UKJENT Handelsflåten 5 28b
UKJENT Handelsflåten 5 28c

Lerwick New Cemetery
DRENG Rolf Menig Hæren 14.11.1916 09.12.1941 7 3 LOWER
JOHANSEN Hans Arnolf U.d.m. Sjøforsvaret 09.09.1915 16.05.1942 7B 5 LOWER
RAVN Johan Daniel Stub Fenrik Luftforsvaret 06.08.1916 01.05.1940 9 34 UPPER

Lynes Royal Naval Cemetery
JACOBSEN Ivar Sjømann Handelsflåten 04.03.1913 07.03.1941 P 3 24

Macduff – Myrus Cemetery
BRATSBERG Birger Korporal Hæren 05.10.1915 15.09.1943 D 1

North Bute Cemetery
HALLERAKER Gunnar Larsen Pumpemann Handelsflåten 23.02.1900 25.04.1941 K 47

Olrig New Cemetery
SCHOU John Løytnant Luftforsvaret 24.09.1913 19.03.1941 A 108

Thurso - Mount Vernon Cemetery
DAHL Anton Martinius Smører Handelsflåten 09.05.1900 07.02.1944 E 37
EHNEBOM Oskar Thommy Stuert Handelsflåten 05.02.1916 07.02.1944 E 37
ELLEFSEN Peter Maskinist Handelsflåten 13.08.1884 07.02.1944 E 37
STORSTEEN Haakon Maskinist Handelsflåten 13.01.1883 07.02.1944 E 37
UKJENT E 36

Westray - Old Pierowall Churchyard
NILSSEN Nils Jørgen 1. styrmann Handelsflåten 28.09.1894 06.04.1940