AS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Limburg
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 51.00456 Longitude: 5.5884
Image above © Johan Pauwels
Location Information
The village of As is located north-east of the town of Genk on the N730.
From the motorway E314, which runs between Brussels and Aachen, turn off at junction 32 Genk-Oost. Turn onto the N75 in the direction of As. At the junction with the N730 turn left onto the N730 into As. At the first road junction in the village bear right onto the N723 along Bevrijdingslaan, turn right into Kerkhofstraat and the cemetery is along on the left.
The graves are located through the main entrance and directly left along by the front wall.
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.
As Communal Cemetery contains the graves of six airmen of the Second World War.
Images in this gallery © André De Smet
1106238 Sergeant
Arthur Evans
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
7th July 1941, aged 21.
Son of William John and Margaret Alice Evans, of Rhyl, Flintshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Break And We Meet Again We Remember. From All His Loved Ones"
"Photograph supplied by Aircrew Remembered"
Arthur Evans
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
7th July 1941, aged 21.
Son of William John and Margaret Alice Evans, of Rhyl, Flintshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Break And We Meet Again We Remember. From All His Loved Ones"
"Photograph supplied by Aircrew Remembered"
76584 Flying Officer
Reginald Maurice Peter Jenkyns
Pilot in 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
7th July 1941, aged 25.
Son of Reginald Richard and Julia Gladys Jenkyns, of Swaythling, Southampton.
His Headstone bears the inscription "The Lord Will Be With Thee, He Will Not Fail Thee Neither Forsake Thee: Fear Not"
"Photograph supplied by Aircrew Remembered"
Reginald Maurice Peter Jenkyns
Pilot in 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
7th July 1941, aged 25.
Son of Reginald Richard and Julia Gladys Jenkyns, of Swaythling, Southampton.
His Headstone bears the inscription "The Lord Will Be With Thee, He Will Not Fail Thee Neither Forsake Thee: Fear Not"
"Photograph supplied by Aircrew Remembered"
Other Burial Details
40009 Pilot Officer Donald Noel Robert Armstrong, Royal Australian Air Force, died 7th July 1941, aged 28. Son of Donald Robert and Florence Stone Armstrong; husband of Margery Garton Armstrong, of Sandringham, Victoria, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave His Life For Freedom"
172461 Pilot Officer Penry Guilyn Guy, Pilot in 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 7th July 1941, aged 22. Son of Enos and Elizabeth Guy, of Penclawdd, Glamorgan. His headstone bears the inscription "There Is A Link Death Cannot Sever Love And Remembrance Last For Ever"
918289 Sergeant Edward Henry King, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 7th July 1941, aged 23. Son of Ernest Edward and Caroline Alice Louise King, of Shepherd's Bush, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Not Gone From Memory Not Gone From Love But Gone To Our Father's Home Above"
62291 Pilot Officer John McAnally, Pilot in 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 7th July 1941, aged 23. Son of the Revd. James Mortimer La Fontaine McAnally, M.A., and Francisca Sybil McAnally, of Alton Barnes Rectory, Wiltshire. B.A. (Cantab.): Gonville and Caius College. His headstone bears the inscription "If I Climb Up Into Heaven, Thou Art There" Psalm CXXXIX. 7.
40009 Pilot Officer Donald Noel Robert Armstrong, Royal Australian Air Force, died 7th July 1941, aged 28. Son of Donald Robert and Florence Stone Armstrong; husband of Margery Garton Armstrong, of Sandringham, Victoria, Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave His Life For Freedom"
172461 Pilot Officer Penry Guilyn Guy, Pilot in 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 7th July 1941, aged 22. Son of Enos and Elizabeth Guy, of Penclawdd, Glamorgan. His headstone bears the inscription "There Is A Link Death Cannot Sever Love And Remembrance Last For Ever"
918289 Sergeant Edward Henry King, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 7th July 1941, aged 23. Son of Ernest Edward and Caroline Alice Louise King, of Shepherd's Bush, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Not Gone From Memory Not Gone From Love But Gone To Our Father's Home Above"
62291 Pilot Officer John McAnally, Pilot in 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 7th July 1941, aged 23. Son of the Revd. James Mortimer La Fontaine McAnally, M.A., and Francisca Sybil McAnally, of Alton Barnes Rectory, Wiltshire. B.A. (Cantab.): Gonville and Caius College. His headstone bears the inscription "If I Climb Up Into Heaven, Thou Art There" Psalm CXXXIX. 7.
