Alfred Philip Veerman was a lawyer and a reserve officer. He was married and did underground work. On 9 March 1941 he tried to escape to England in a small boat with his cousin Robbie Veerman. They were caught on the beach near Noordwijk and locked up in the Oranjehotel, the prison in Scheveningen. He was deported through Wuppertal to Auschwitz, where he died on 31 January 1943. His wife survived the war.