True and Fascinating Canadian History
Rheinberg War Cemetery
Rheinberg, Germany
In Memory of:
Reg.#12750, RCMP Constable
William Brown Mallen. WWII. KIA.
"The site of Rheinberg War Cemetery was chosen in April 1946 by the Army Graves Service for the assembly of Commonwealth graves recovered from numerous German cemeteries in the area.
The majority of those now buried in the cemetery were airmen, whose graves were brought in from Dusseldorf, Krefeld, Munchen-Gladbach, Essen, Aachen and Dortmund; 450 graves were from Cologne alone. The men of the other fighting services buried here mostly lost their lives during the battle of the Rhineland, or in the advance from the Rhine to the Elbe.
There are now 3,326 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated at Rheinberg War Cemetery. 156 of the burials are unidentified. There are also nine war graves of other nationalities, most of them Polish."
"J38216 Flying Officer (No. 76 Squadron RAF navigator) William Brown Mallen (b.1910) of Regina was KIA 1945,02,21 and is buried at Rheinberg War Cemetery north of Duisberg, Germany.
Mallen's Halifax [bomber] did not return from a night raid on Worms.
He was the son of William and Beatrice Mallen of Kelso, Borders, Scotland. William came to Canada in 1929 and farmed at Windthorst and Moosomin.
He joined the RCMP in 1935 and enlisted at Regina five years later. He married Eleanor Gertrude Grace (Carnahan) at Glasgow, Montana, in 1938 and adopted her son Robert Loy Carnahan."
Rheinberg War Cemetery : Notes Website Source & Appreciation.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2002800/RHEINBERG%20WAR%20CEMETERY
Rheinberg War Cemetery Address:
The town of Rheinberg lies in the west of Germany approx 85kms to the north of Koln.
Source for notes about Constable William Brown Mallen's participation in WWII.
The Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial. http://svwm.ca/casualty-display/?ID=A000009066
