In Memory of
Frederick James William Starling
Rifleman
6922273
6th Bn., Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
who died on
Thursday, 18th January 1945. Age 21.
Additional Information:
Son of John Starling, and of Rose Starling, of Heeley, Essex.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery:
SITTARD WAR CEMETERY,
Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
G. 7.
Location:
Sittard lies on the main road from Maastricht to Roermond, 19 kilometres north east of
Maastricht and 29 kilometres south west of Roermond.
From Maastricht the E25 leads north east towards Lindelheuvel. From Lindelheuvel lies the
right hand turning towards Sittard (5 kilometres). The cemetery is located approximately
1.5
kilometres from the town centre on a road called Kromstraat, a road leading from the
Rijksweg Zuid.
The cemetery can also be reached from a road leading from the N276 at the junction of the
road running between Sittard and Geleen. At this junction follow the direction towards
Sittard itself.
Alternatively, approaching from the centre of Sittard follow the road towards Geleen. The
cemetery is signposted thereafter.
Historical Information:
SITTARD WAR CEMETERY
Index No NL. 162.
SITTARD is a commune and small town in the province of Limburg, close to the German and
Belgian frontiers, in the district known as the Maastricht Appendix. It lies on the main
road
from Maastricht to Roermond about 19 kilometres north-east of Maastricht and 28 kilometres
south-west of Roermond. Aachen in Germany is situated 26 kilometres to the south-east.
The War Cemetery is to the west of the town centre in the suburb of Ophoven.
It stands on the Haagweg, which is the road between Sittard and the town Heerleen. The
cemetery is sign posted from the Maarstricht-Roermond road.
The burials in the cemetery, apart from a few dating from November 1944, are almost all
from the months of January and February 1945. The men buried here belong mostly to the
Scottish regiments of the 52nd (Lowland) Division, engaged in the battle in this vicinity
from
18th to 24th January 1945, which had as its object the clearing of a salient west of the
River Roer which was still held by the Germans. The total of burials in this cemetery is
239.
Copyright The Commonwealth War Graves Commission