Protestant churchyard Witmarsum, Friesland

 

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The church was built in 1633 by order of Tjaerd van Aylva to replace a church from the 13th century that was irreparably damaged by bad weather in 1631 with the exception of the gable roof tower. The tower burned down in 1661. This was replaced by a spire tower, but demolished in 1819. The ship received a three-sided closure on both sides and in the center an eight-sided roof rider with a dome with two clocks, a small clock from 1433 and a large one from 1656 by Jurjen Balthasar.

The interior is covered by a wooden barrel vault. The furniture mainly dates from 1683, such as thirteen women’s sofas and a raised men’s sofa. The organ from 1855 was built by L. van Dam and Sons and restored in 1964 by Bakker & Timmenga. The baptismal font from 1966 was made by Jan Murk de Vries.

(Source: Wikipedia)

On the 30th of May 1943 the guys of ED821 that been killed in the crash of 28th of may where laid to rest on the graveyard.
Stanley Adolfson Bishop

Stanley Adolfson Bishop	Row 36, Grave 18.
Arthur Edward Chapman	Row 36, Grave 17.
Eric Short	Row 36, Grave 19.
James Parker Fitchett	Row 36, Grave 16.
Peter Michael Cosgrove	Row 37, Grave 17.

Some pictures from the graves.