The Scottish War Graves Project Part of the Scottish Military Research Group (Registered Scottish Charity No. SC043826). Please visit our homepage at www.scottishmilitaryresearch.co.uk    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Deerlijk Communal Cemetery Belgium          The Scottish War Graves Project Forum Index -> Overseas burials View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Paul Joined: 10 Jan 2010 Posts: 32 Location: 's-Hertogenbosch, Holland Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:17 am    Post subject: Deerlijk Communal Cemetery Belgium The Communal Cemetery of Deerlijk contains four Commonwelath burials. These four graves are from liberators of the village Deerlijk in September 1944. All four graves date back to the beginning of September 1944, namely September 6, 7 and 8th 1944. The liberation of Deerlijk began on September 5th and ended on September 7th after a very heavy shelling and bombing from the adjacent Zwevegem been freed allready. The village was very badly affected, many lives and material were lost. These four victims are buried here, they are all soldiers of Scottish divisions: The 24-year-old Dean Wilfred The 37 year old Herbert William Hanby The 28-year-old Donald Mead The 33-year-old James Charles Neville Three of them are English and not Scottish, of one i'm not sure this is Donald Mead, he could be Scottish. _________________ Always in our thoughts, forever in our hearts Back to top DerekR Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 809 Location: Hawick Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:02 pm    Post subject: Name: MEAD, DONALD Initials: D Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Fusilier Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers Unit Text: 6th Bn. Age: 28 Date of Death: 07/09/1944 Service No: 5957712 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 2. Cemetery: DEERLIJK COMMUNAL CEMETERY Can anyone confirm that the above soldier is Scottish? _________________ There must be a place under the sun where hearts of Olden Glory grow young ..... Back to top DerekR Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 809 Location: Hawick Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:03 pm    Post subject: Name: MEAD, DONALD Initials: D Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Fusilier Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers Unit Text: 6th Bn. Age: 28 Date of Death: 07/09/1944 Service No: 5957712 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 2. Cemetery: DEERLIJK COMMUNAL CEMETERY Can anyone confirm that the above soldier is Scottish? _________________ There must be a place under the sun where hearts of Olden Glory grow young ..... Back to top DelBoy Joined: 02 Feb 2008 Posts: 1188 Location: Arbroath Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:12 pm    Post subject: Well he's on SNWM Surname: MEAD Firstname: Donald Service number: 5957712 Date of death: 07/09/1944 Place of birth: Bedfordshire SNWM roll: THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS Rank: Fus Theatre of death: Western Europe Campaign, 1944-45 So English by birth, but in a Scottish Regimant. Back to top DerekR Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 809 Location: Hawick Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:31 pm    Post subject: Name: MEAD, DONALD Initials: D Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Fusilier Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers Unit Text: 6th Bn. Age: 28 Date of Death: 07/09/1944 Service No: 5957712 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Grave 2. Cemetery: DEERLIJK COMMUNAL CEMETERY Can anyone confirm that the above soldier is Scottish? _________________ There must be a place under the sun where hearts of Olden Glory grow young ..... Back to top DerekR Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 809 Location: Hawick Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:42 pm    Post subject: Mods: I kept getting a PHP error rejecting my post. Can you delete everything I've said please _________________ There must be a place under the sun where hearts of Olden Glory grow young ..... Back to top DerekR Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 809 Location: Hawick Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:43 pm    Post subject: And this is the error I keep getting: Failed sending email :: PHP :: DEBUG MODE Line : 246 File : emailer.php _________________ There must be a place under the sun where hearts of Olden Glory grow young ..... Back to top Paul Joined: 10 Jan 2010 Posts: 32 Location: 's-Hertogenbosch, Holland Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:48 am    Post subject: Four English men, all in a Scottish regiment. 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