Oosterbegraafplaats, Voorburg

The cemetery on Rodelaan in Voorburg has over 2,000 graves and is peacefully situated in the middle of the municipality. The Oosterbegraafplaats is a municipal cemetery. Voorburg is a town lying on the south-eastern outskirts of The Hague. The cemetery lies on the north-eastern outskirts of the town, about 1 kilometre north-west of the road to Leiden, and is in a road called Rodelaan.

It contains the graves of two Commonwealth airmen of the Second World War. 
The graves are incorporated in a Dutch memorial, with the names engraved on a large name panel.

580605 Sergeant Francis Checkley
40 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 10th May 1940, aged 21.

590388 Sergeant Alfred John Roberton
40 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 10th May 1940, aged 26.

Information

Category:
Local and Regional Cemeteries

Contact

Address

Rodelaan 64
2272 BB Voorburg
Netherlands

Telephone
Email
begraafplaatsen@lv.nl

Location