In the scout car are commanding officer Lieutenant Strachan, driver Mc Kerron, and gunner Corporal Harry (Bill) Wilson. During their reconnaissance of the village, the three head toward Neede, where tragedy strikes near the Christian school.
The British soldiers are fired upon from a German machine gun nest. Mc Kerron turns the vehicle around, but the unit is hit by a German anti-tank weapon (Panzerfaust), and the scout car bursts into flames. His comrades manage to escape from the burning wreck and are captured by the German occupiers. Wilson is less fortunate. His clothing catches fire. He rolls across the road into a roadside ditch, but unfortunately there is hardly any water in it, and he burns to death. He is 32 years old. Once the fighting subsides, his charred body is placed in a sack and buried in a nearby field.
The grave is marked with a wooden cross. Later, the remains are transferred to the General Cemetery of Diepenheim. There, he finds his final resting place after having fought on three fronts: in the Middle East (from October 19, 1943, to January 3, 1944), in North Africa and Italy (from May 21, 1942, to October 18, 1942), and in Northwest Europe. He received several honors both during his life and posthumously.
Later that same Easter afternoon, the severely wounded British soldier Sydney Stacy of the Worcestershire Regiment is found. He too succumbs to his injuries and is laid to rest at the General Cemetery in Diepenheim.