AALST COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Oost-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.92923 Longitude: 4.03134
Location Information
Aalst is a town astride the main Brussels-Gent road, about 29 kilometres from each. The communal cemetery is located in Kerkhoflaan, a turning off of Leo de Bethunelaan.
Historical Information
The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk. Commonwealth forces did not return until September 1944, but in the intervening years, many airmen were shot down or crashed in raids on strategic objectives in Belgium, or while returning from missions over Germany.
Aalst Communal Cemetery contains six Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. The graves are in the Belgian pelouse d'honneur.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
Aalst is a town astride the main Brussels-Gent road, about 29 kilometres from each. The communal cemetery is located in Kerkhoflaan, a turning off of Leo de Bethunelaan.
Historical Information
The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk. Commonwealth forces did not return until September 1944, but in the intervening years, many airmen were shot down or crashed in raids on strategic objectives in Belgium, or while returning from missions over Germany.
Aalst Communal Cemetery contains six Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. The graves are in the Belgian pelouse d'honneur.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
430047 Flying Officer
William Ward Osborne
Royal Australian Air Force
9th November 1944, aged 22.
Son of Harold Thomas Osborne and Hilda Mary Osborne of Malvern, Victoria, Australia. B.A., Musician.
William Ward Osborne
Royal Australian Air Force
9th November 1944, aged 22.
Son of Harold Thomas Osborne and Hilda Mary Osborne of Malvern, Victoria, Australia. B.A., Musician.
Colonel
Aeneas Francis Quinton Perkins, M. C.
Royal Engineers
20th May 1940 ,aged 47.
Son of Brigadier-General A. E. J. Perkins, C. B., C. M. G. and Mrs E. M. L. Perkins: Husband of Dorothy Clare Martin Perkins of Smarden, Kent.
Aeneas Francis Quinton Perkins, M. C.
Royal Engineers
20th May 1940 ,aged 47.
Son of Brigadier-General A. E. J. Perkins, C. B., C. M. G. and Mrs E. M. L. Perkins: Husband of Dorothy Clare Martin Perkins of Smarden, Kent.
4345860 Private
John Stevens
5th Bn., East Yorkshire Regiment
5th September 1944, aged 24.
Son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Stevens, of Hull: Husband of Vera Stevens of Hull.
Other Burial Details
S/97042 Corporal Thomas Baird Andrews, Royal Army Service Corps, died 10th May 1940, aged 21. Son of Thomas Baird Andres and Agnes Blair Andrews of Glasgow.
824894 Gunner Francis Williams Hopkins, Royal Horse Artillery, died 10th May 1940, aged 30. Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Hopkins: Husband of Jessie Hopkins of Edinburgh.
T/73630 Driver Ernest Wilson, Royal Army Service Corps, died 10th May 1940, aged 31. Son of Thomas and Maggie Wilson; Husband of Lilian Wilson, of Brotherton, Yorkshire.
John Stevens
5th Bn., East Yorkshire Regiment
5th September 1944, aged 24.
Son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Stevens, of Hull: Husband of Vera Stevens of Hull.
Other Burial Details
S/97042 Corporal Thomas Baird Andrews, Royal Army Service Corps, died 10th May 1940, aged 21. Son of Thomas Baird Andres and Agnes Blair Andrews of Glasgow.
824894 Gunner Francis Williams Hopkins, Royal Horse Artillery, died 10th May 1940, aged 30. Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Hopkins: Husband of Jessie Hopkins of Edinburgh.
T/73630 Driver Ernest Wilson, Royal Army Service Corps, died 10th May 1940, aged 31. Son of Thomas and Maggie Wilson; Husband of Lilian Wilson, of Brotherton, Yorkshire.