BEVERE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Oost-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.853 Longitude: 3.59434
Location Information
The community of Bevere is located north-west of the town of Oudenaarde on the N459. From the motorway E40/A10, which runs between Oostende and Brussels, turn off at junction 15 onto the N60, direction Oudenaarde. Follow this road to the junction with the N459, turn left here along Beverestraat and the communal cemetery is on the left about 500 metres from the junction. The graves are located in two separate plots and they are located at the far end of the path from the main entrance.
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.
Bevere Communal Cemetery contains two Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
Burial Details
20747 Major Marcus Hugh Keane, 4th Bn. Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died 21st May 1940, aged 37. Son of Frederick Colpoys Keane and of Rose Dorothea Keane (nee Farmar); husband of Eyvor Florence Sibyl Keane, of Wootton Green, Bedfordshire.
6340940 Private Joseph Mason, 1st Bn. Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died 22nd May 1940, aged 22.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
The community of Bevere is located north-west of the town of Oudenaarde on the N459. From the motorway E40/A10, which runs between Oostende and Brussels, turn off at junction 15 onto the N60, direction Oudenaarde. Follow this road to the junction with the N459, turn left here along Beverestraat and the communal cemetery is on the left about 500 metres from the junction. The graves are located in two separate plots and they are located at the far end of the path from the main entrance.
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.
Bevere Communal Cemetery contains two Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
Burial Details
20747 Major Marcus Hugh Keane, 4th Bn. Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died 21st May 1940, aged 37. Son of Frederick Colpoys Keane and of Rose Dorothea Keane (nee Farmar); husband of Eyvor Florence Sibyl Keane, of Wootton Green, Bedfordshire.
6340940 Private Joseph Mason, 1st Bn. Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died 22nd May 1940, aged 22.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
