Burial of German Airmen

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Chevington Cemetery has a number of war graves for German airmen, her is a newspaper report of their funerals:
Morpeth Herald, 9 February 1940:
"The Nazi airmen, whose bodies were washed ashore at Druridge Bay, on Saturday and Sunday, were buried with full honours, at Chevington, on Wednesday. There were nine wreaths from the R.A.F. personnel who were victorious in shooting down the German plane on Saturday, in an encounter off the coast.
The coffins were on a trailer drawn by an army lorry, and were draped with German ensigns. A guard of honour was formed by the R.A.F. Squadron who brought the machine down, and each coffin was carried to the grave on the shoulders of six airmen.
The dead men were Lieutenant von Bruning, Unteroffizier Herberg Panzlass, and Unteroffizier Remischki. The Rev.John Newbould, Amble Methodist minister, conducted the burial service. The burials were the first in the newly opened part of the cemetery.
A number of other bodies, some of them believed to be those of sailors, were washed ashore in the vicinity over the week-end."