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Personal data Willem Arie Reijers 

  • He was born on August 3, 1915 in Zwijndrecht.
  • He died on January 27, 1941 in Londen, he was 25 years old.
    Burgerlijke stand - Overlijden
    Het Utrechts Archief Toegangnr: 463 Inventarisnr: 624
    Gemeente: Kamerik
    Soort akte: Overlijdensakte Aktenummer: 20 Aangiftedatum: 21-07-1942
    Willem Arie Reijers Geslacht: M Overlijdensdatum: 27-01-1941
    Leeftijd: 25
    Overlijdensplaats: Londen

    Begraven op DE BEGRAAFPLAATS VAN DE HEUVEL VAN MILL
    Locatie: Middlesex,
    Verenigd Koninkrijk Aantal slachtoffers: 331
    Begraafplaats/herdenkingsreferentie: Perceel 1 Rij E Graf 3.
  • Death registration on July 21, 1942.Source 1
  • A child of Johannes Reijers and Anna Cornelia van der Poel
  • This information was last updated on July 6, 2023.

Household of Willem Arie Reijers


Notes about Willem Arie Reijers

3e Stuurman REIJERS, WILLEM ARIE Overleden 27/01/1941
K.V. Nederlandse Koopvaardij

Erelijst van gevallenen 1940 - 1945
Willem Arie Reijers
Geboorteplaats Zwijndrecht
Geboortedatum 03 - 08 - 1915
Plaats van overlijden Ierse Zee
Datum van overlijden27 - 01 - 1941
Beroep3e Stuurman Groep Koopvaardij

Willem Arie Reijers wordt geïdentificeerd door overlevende Stanley Gillard
Stanley Gillard is al spoedig in staat om naar Engeland te reizen. Hij identificeerde drie verdronken bemanningsleden te St Davids in Wales. Het zijn: P. Tanis (ass. machinist), W.v.d. Hoeven (purser) en W.A. Reijers (3e stuurman). Het lichaam van Jan Johannes Cornelis Witte (olieman) spoelde nog later aan op Ramsey Island.

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Het verlies van de Beemsterdijk
Op dinsdag 21 januari 1941 om 14.00 uur vertrekt de Beemsterdijk (kapitein D.C. Wijers) met 42 bemanningsleden in ballast uit Glasgow (VK) met bestemming Cardiff. Het schip is aangewezen om zich aan te sluiten bij konvooi OB 277, dat op 22 januari...
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Bron: Nationaal Archief Den Haag, archiefinventaris 2.12.30/2.16.31/2.16.32/2.16.40/2.16.54/2.06.084; Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie; Website Duitse onderzeeboten in WW2 www.uboat.net
Geplaatst door Jos Rozenburg op 12 september 2018


Second World War victim


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem Arie Reijers

Johannes Reijers
1849-1887
Klazina 't Hart
1852-1888
Marius van der Poel
1837-1921
Lena van de Nadort
1849-1899

Willem Arie Reijers
1915-1941


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Historical events

Birthday August 3, 1915

  • The temperature on August 3, 1915 was between 13.7 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
    • April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
    • May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
    • May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
    • June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.
    • July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.

Day of death January 27, 1941

  • The temperature on January 27, 1941 was between -4.8 °C and -1.4 °C and averaged -3.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Franco-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
    • April 10 » World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia.
    • July 11 » The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana.
    • September 28 » World War II: The Drama uprising against the Bulgarian occupation in northern Greece begins.
    • October 29 » The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto, over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action".
    • December 11 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy suffers its first loss of surface vessels during the Battle of Wake Island.


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