BRUYELLE WAR CEMETERY
Hainaut
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.54853 Longitude: 3.42938
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Bruyelle War Cemetery is located 6 km south of Tournai on the N507 Chaussee de Tournai, which connects the town of Tournai to the village of Bruyelle.
On reaching Bruyelle the cemetery is located at the exit of the village, at the junction with the N52.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
All but one of the men buried in Bruyelle War Cemetery died in May 1940, during the battle on the line of the river Scheldt (Escaut) before the final withdrawal to Dunkirk ahead of the German advance. Of them, 58 were buried originally in Bruyelle, and the remainder in other villages in the neighbourhood, until November 1940 when they were all brought together in the one site. In September 1944, when the Allies re-entered Belgium one further burial was made in the cemetery.
The cemetery contains 147 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 17 of them unidentified.
Total Burials: 147.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 130.
Unidentified Casualties: 17.
Bruyelle War Cemetery is located 6 km south of Tournai on the N507 Chaussee de Tournai, which connects the town of Tournai to the village of Bruyelle.
On reaching Bruyelle the cemetery is located at the exit of the village, at the junction with the N52.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
All but one of the men buried in Bruyelle War Cemetery died in May 1940, during the battle on the line of the river Scheldt (Escaut) before the final withdrawal to Dunkirk ahead of the German advance. Of them, 58 were buried originally in Bruyelle, and the remainder in other villages in the neighbourhood, until November 1940 when they were all brought together in the one site. In September 1944, when the Allies re-entered Belgium one further burial was made in the cemetery.
The cemetery contains 147 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 17 of them unidentified.
Total Burials: 147.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 130.
Unidentified Casualties: 17.
816730 Gunner
Thomas Douglas
18 Field Regt. Royal Artillery
19th May 1940.
Plot II. B. 4.
Son of Thomas Henry and May Douglas.
Thomas Douglas
18 Field Regt. Royal Artillery
19th May 1940.
Plot II. B. 4.
Son of Thomas Henry and May Douglas.
5183611 Corporal
Thomas Jones
5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
20th May 1940, aged 21.
Plot II. A. 20.
Son of Thomas and Ada Jones, of Gloucester; husband of Hilda Elizabeth Jones, of Gloucester.
Thomas Jones
5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
20th May 1940, aged 21.
Plot II. A. 20.
Son of Thomas and Ada Jones, of Gloucester; husband of Hilda Elizabeth Jones, of Gloucester.
5184959 Private
Henry George Neal
5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
20th May 1940, aged 19.
Plot II. A. 24.
Son of Henry George and Florence Neal, of Gloucester.
Henry George Neal
5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
20th May 1940, aged 19.
Plot II. A. 24.
Son of Henry George and Florence Neal, of Gloucester.
5174663 Warrant Officer Class II
George Price
5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
20th May 1940, aged 37.
Plot I. A. 7.
Son of William Reuben and Lucy Price, of Gloucester; husband of Dorothy Mary Price, of Gloucester.
George Price
5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
20th May 1940, aged 37.
Plot I. A. 7.
Son of William Reuben and Lucy Price, of Gloucester; husband of Dorothy Mary Price, of Gloucester.
