This memorial page is dedicated to John Stark Ferguson Happer, one of more than 725 war victims connected to the municipality of Deurne documented by Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers. The municipality of Deurne and the surrounding villages of Liessel, Vlierden, Helenaveen, Neerkant and Zeilberg were liberated in the autumn of 1944 during heavy fighting. Victims fell on all sides: Allied soldiers from countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and New Zealand, and German soldiers.

But the archive covers more than just the combat victims on Deurne soil. Residents of Deurne who lost their lives elsewhere are also commemorated: civilians who were murdered in concentration camps, forced labourers who died in Germany, people who were executed or succumbed to the effects of persecution and oppression. In addition, residents of Deurne who entered German military service and were killed elsewhere are also included.

Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers has been documenting the story of all these people since 1995, without distinction of nationality, side or background. The goal is to give every person a name and a face, and to keep their memory alive.

 

John Stark Ferguson Happer

Name: Happer
First names: John Stark Ferguson
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 20 August 1923
Place of birth: Bonnybridge, Falkirk, Scotland
Residence: Stirlingshire
Rank / Occupation: Private
Identity tag: 3066090
Unit: King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 6th Battalion
Date of death: 31 October 1944
Place of death: Liessel
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: Mierlo War Cemetery
Memorial site: –

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Additional information

Grave location: VI. G. 13.

Son of Mrs E. M’Omish

John Stark Ferguson Happer’s field grave was situated near the Van Kol residence in Liessel.

The Falkirk Herald, Saturday 18 November 1944

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