CLABECQ COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Brabant Wallon
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.69085 Longitude: 4.22658
Location Information
Clabecq, is a village about 21 kilometres south-south-west of Brussels, and 2 kilometres east of the main Brussels-Mons road. The communal cemetery is on the north-eastern outskirts of the village, about 360 metres east of the canal. The Commonwealth graves are on the north side of the main path in the central portion.
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.
Clabecq Communal Cemetery contains three Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. The graves are marked by private memorials erected by a local patriotic movement.
Burial Details
2090977 Driver Reginald Connick, 11 Field Coy. Royal Engineers, died 4th September 1944, aged 22. Son of William H. and Mary Connick, of Cardiff.
2148757 Sapper Owen Alexander Gulland, 11 Field Coy. Royal Engineers, died 4th September 1944, aged 24. Son of Alexander and Mildred Gulland; husband of Grace Diana Gulland, of Blackheath, London.
2138165 Sapper Thomas Brinley Lovell, 11 Field Coy. Royal Engineers, died 4th September 1944, aged 23. Son of George Henry and Beatrice Mary Lovell, of Aberdare, Glamorgan.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Clabecq, is a village about 21 kilometres south-south-west of Brussels, and 2 kilometres east of the main Brussels-Mons road. The communal cemetery is on the north-eastern outskirts of the village, about 360 metres east of the canal. The Commonwealth graves are on the north side of the main path in the central portion.
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.
Clabecq Communal Cemetery contains three Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. The graves are marked by private memorials erected by a local patriotic movement.
Burial Details
2090977 Driver Reginald Connick, 11 Field Coy. Royal Engineers, died 4th September 1944, aged 22. Son of William H. and Mary Connick, of Cardiff.
2148757 Sapper Owen Alexander Gulland, 11 Field Coy. Royal Engineers, died 4th September 1944, aged 24. Son of Alexander and Mildred Gulland; husband of Grace Diana Gulland, of Blackheath, London.
2138165 Sapper Thomas Brinley Lovell, 11 Field Coy. Royal Engineers, died 4th September 1944, aged 23. Son of George Henry and Beatrice Mary Lovell, of Aberdare, Glamorgan.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
