BURDINNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Liège
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.58711 Longitude: 5.07731
Location Information
The village of Burdinne is located north-west of the town of Huy on the N80. From the motorway E42/A15 which runs between Liege and Mons turn off at junction 10 and onto the N80 direction Hannut. Follow the N80 to the crossroads where Burdinne is signed, turn right into the village along Rue de Wasseiges and at the first junction turn left into Rue de la Burdinale, follow this road outside the village and the cemetery is on the left. The graves are located in the centre of the cemetery behind the calvaire.
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.
Burdinne Communal Cemetery contains the graves of six airmen of the Second World War.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
The village of Burdinne is located north-west of the town of Huy on the N80. From the motorway E42/A15 which runs between Liege and Mons turn off at junction 10 and onto the N80 direction Hannut. Follow the N80 to the crossroads where Burdinne is signed, turn right into the village along Rue de Wasseiges and at the first junction turn left into Rue de la Burdinale, follow this road outside the village and the cemetery is on the left. The graves are located in the centre of the cemetery behind the calvaire.
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.
Burdinne Communal Cemetery contains the graves of six airmen of the Second World War.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
J/15383 Pilot Officer
Maurice Doherty MacKenzie
Pilot in 109 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
9th June 1942, aged 25.
Son of Marsden D.Mackenzie and Irene Mackenzie, of Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Did What He Could. Rest In Peace"
Maurice Doherty MacKenzie
Pilot in 109 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
9th June 1942, aged 25.
Son of Marsden D.Mackenzie and Irene Mackenzie, of Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Did What He Could. Rest In Peace"
Other Burial Details
995057 Sergeant Alan Bentham, Air Gunner in 109 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th June 1942, aged 22. Son of Maurice and Lillie Lyon Bentham, of Giggleswick, Yorkshire.
1182504 Sergeant Desmond McCooey Brown, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 109 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th June 1942, aged 21. Son of Robert Charles and Norah Brown, of Streatham, London. His brother, Brian McCooey Brown, also died on service.
924674 Flight Sergeant Robert Hunt, Observer in 109 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th June 1942, aged 24. Son of Fred and Beatrice Jane Hunt, of Shirley, Southampton.
1269102 Sergeant Arthur Robert Vilhelm Matthissen, Wireless Operator in 109 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th June 1942, aged 25. Son of Oscar V. and Marie A.E.Matthissen; husband of Ruby Constance Matthissen, of Harrow Weald, Middlesex.
1261364 Sergeant Albert Ronald Pain, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 109 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th June 1942, aged 26. Son of Albert and Lilian Pain; husband of Gladys Louise Pain, of Dagenham, Essex.
995057 Sergeant Alan Bentham, Air Gunner in 109 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th June 1942, aged 22. Son of Maurice and Lillie Lyon Bentham, of Giggleswick, Yorkshire.
1182504 Sergeant Desmond McCooey Brown, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 109 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th June 1942, aged 21. Son of Robert Charles and Norah Brown, of Streatham, London. His brother, Brian McCooey Brown, also died on service.
924674 Flight Sergeant Robert Hunt, Observer in 109 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th June 1942, aged 24. Son of Fred and Beatrice Jane Hunt, of Shirley, Southampton.
1269102 Sergeant Arthur Robert Vilhelm Matthissen, Wireless Operator in 109 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th June 1942, aged 25. Son of Oscar V. and Marie A.E.Matthissen; husband of Ruby Constance Matthissen, of Harrow Weald, Middlesex.
1261364 Sergeant Albert Ronald Pain, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 109 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 9th June 1942, aged 26. Son of Albert and Lilian Pain; husband of Gladys Louise Pain, of Dagenham, Essex.
