ARENDONK COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Antwerpen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 51.32214 Longitude: 5.08045
Location Information
The cemetery is located east of the town of Turnhout off the E34 motorway which runs between Turnhout & Eindhoven. From Turnhout take junction 26, the N118. Turn left towards Arendonk and you come into the town on Koeistraat. Follow to the T junction with the church on the right hand corner. Turn left into Devalken and then 1st right into Kloosterbaan, the communal cemetery is past the 2nd turning on the right. The grave is located at the left hand side in the center of the cemetery.
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.
Arendonk Communal Cemetery contains one Commonwealth burial of the Second World War.
The cemetery is located east of the town of Turnhout off the E34 motorway which runs between Turnhout & Eindhoven. From Turnhout take junction 26, the N118. Turn left towards Arendonk and you come into the town on Koeistraat. Follow to the T junction with the church on the right hand corner. Turn left into Devalken and then 1st right into Kloosterbaan, the communal cemetery is past the 2nd turning on the right. The grave is located at the left hand side in the center of the cemetery.
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.
Arendonk Communal Cemetery contains one Commonwealth burial of the Second World War.
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Harold Le Cras
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
30th September 1944.
Grave 3027.
A member of 22nd Armoured Brigade Workshops, 7th Armoured Division (Desert Rats). He died from gun shot wounds received during an ambush at a supply dump. He was a native of Jersey.
Harold Le Cras
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
30th September 1944.
Grave 3027.
A member of 22nd Armoured Brigade Workshops, 7th Armoured Division (Desert Rats). He died from gun shot wounds received during an ambush at a supply dump. He was a native of Jersey.
