Directions to
Scharl
General Cemetery
 

 

 

 

Location: Scharl is located in the north of The Netherlands, in the province of Friesland. 

Scharl is a small community on the south Friesland coast. It is 5 kilometers southeast of Staveren, 2 kilometers southeast of Warns and about 48 kilometers south of Harlingen. Take the A6 and then the N359. The small cemetery stands on high ground in the centre of the village. It contains the graves of five airmen, three belonging to the Royal Air Force and two to the Royal Australian Air Force. Two of them are not identified.
 

 



Scharl is located at the [1]

There are five war casualties  buried at this site. Of these, two are not identified.

Considine Sgt Anthony Talbot Percy 49 Squadron 10 April 1942
Rowlands F/O Richard Geral 207 Squadron   5 September 1942
Quinlan Sgt Thomas Christopher 101 Squadron 2 August 1941
Unknown Australian Airman   9 July 1942
Unknown Airman   6 October 1942


(Picture by Wim Bastiaanse)