This thread does not describe the graves of the 2 Russian POWs from WW2, who are buried in the same plot: http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/prisoners-war/40125-russian-pows-buried-cwgc-ww1-cemetery-fredrikstad-norway.html The original CWGC plot contained the graves of 18 seamen who fell at the battle of Jutland in 1916, only 7 of them identified. The Norwegian Governement erected a granite memorial to mark the graves. In 1961 a number of graves were brought into the cemetery from other small burial grounds all over Norway. The cemetery now contains a total of 82 burials of the WW1, 51 of them unidentfied. (Which miraculously makes up with my own maths and photos!) View attachment 64624 View attachment 64625 Axe T A Petty officer 216370 RN DOD 010616 TBC......
Beadle A J Able seaman J/19967 RN DOD 171017 Blakely J H Ordinary seaman J/49849 RN DOD 010616 Brown G Surgeon RNVR DOD 211017 TBC
Calvert F J Gunner RN M/17540 RN DOD 121217 Age 36 Chalmers George Doig G D Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th class M/17540 RN DOD 211017 Age 21 Chaplain Henry Edward Able Seaman J/42068 RN DOD 211017 Age 31 View attachment 64634 Clark Frank F Signalman Bristol Z/9148 RNVR DOD 171017 Age 19 View attachment 64635 Clarke F W Able Seaman I84591 RN DOD 080815 View attachment 64636 Coombe W Leadimg Seaman J/4743 RN DOD 211017 Cooper A C Master Mercantile Marine 211017 Age 56 View attachment 64638 Creek A C Ablr Seaman London Z /2950 RNVR DOD 121217 Age 19
Dransfield F Ordinary Seaman J/61410 RN DOD 121217 Elllis C Leading Seaman Sussex 3/224 RNVR DOD 211017 Age 23 Holden A Ordinary Seaman J/51186 RN DOD 171017 View attachment 64659 Jones Arthur Stoker 1593/U RNR DOD 310516 Age 48 View attachment 64660 Jones E I Ordinary Seaman J/63703 RN DOD 211017 Age 20 Lever George Private PO/5812 Royal Marine Light Infantry DOD 010616 Age 43 Mason J Stoker 1st Class 229299 RN DOD 211017 View attachment 64663 Pearse A C J Engine Room Artificer 1st Class 270869 RN DOD 190816 Pearson Donald Engineer Lieutenant RN DOD 211017 Age 29 View attachment 64665 Percy Algernon William Sub-lieutenant RNR DOD 310516 Age 31 View attachment 64666 Robinson S Able Seaman 205032 RN DOD 080815 Stancliffe J Able Seaman SS/4845 RN DOD 121217 View attachment 64668 Stephens W A Cook's mate M/3454 RN DOD 211017 View attachment 64669 Stott Arthur Able Seaman J/16139 RN DOD 010616 Walker E J Ship's cook Mercantile Marine DOD 150417 Ward C E Stoker 1st Class K/26128 RN DOD 171017 Age 22 View attachment 64672 West John Stoker 1st Class 297116 RN DOD 211017 Age 34 Wyatt Arnold Baker Midshipman RNR DOD 121217 Age 20
Several crewmembers from HMS "Partridge" are buried side by side, just behind the large cross. There are of course scores of these: Often the ship is named, even if the sailor was unidentified Inside the compound there is a German memorial: View attachment 64682 View attachment 64684 It's a bit puzzling, that even if the plaque describes how the bodies of the 13 German soldiers originally buried here, were exhumed in 1962 and moved to the German military cemetery in Alfaset, Oslo, their names are still engraved in the stone and phrased as if they were still buried in this plot. Note top line of stone reading "Hier ruhen dreizehn tapfere deutsche seeleute.." This would in English be "Here rest thirteen brave German seamen.." Are there other examples around the world of this? View attachment 64686 1914 - 1918 This plot of land is the gift of the Norwegian people as the resting place of the British sailors who are honoured here. This place is special because of its spaciousness and the tall trees, a park rather than a cemetery: I did this documentation job fully aware that the cemetery is a WW1 one, as I was stuck in Fredrikstad for a Saturday afternoon anyway. I was amazed at finding the two Russian POW WW2 graves here (referred to in post #1) especially since they are not mentioned in the CWGC cemetery report. On the other hand, having the CWGC data available made me realise I have sadly missed one grave: Shackell F Butcher's mate Mercantile Marine Reserve DOD 080815 So much for maths and miracles.
How many times i have been to a cemetery got home looked up all the details to go with the pictures and damn you have missed one or two. Well done Stormbird not alot i can add to your thread but i liked it. Regards Michael.
