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CORBAIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Brabant Wallon

Belgium

GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.64367 Longitude: 4.65619

Location Information

Corbais, is 35 kilometres south-east of Brussels, and lies 1 kilometre east of the main Brussels-Namur road. The cemetery is on the south-east side of the village, 180 metres from the church. The Commonwealth graves are against the east 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.

Corbais Communal Cemetery contains the graves of six Commonwealth airmen of the Second World War.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 4, Canada 1, New Zealand 1. Total 6.



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Corbais Communal Cemetery
Corbais Communal Cemetery
Corbais Communal Cemetery
Corbais Communal Cemetery
Corbais Communal Cemetery
Corbais Communal Cemetery
Corbais Communal Cemetery
Corbais Communal Cemetery
Corbais Communal Cemetery
Corbais Communal Cemetery
Corbais Communal Cemetery
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R/77956 Flight Engineer
Bernard Carroll
Air Gunner in !02 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
​ 30th July 1942.

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405338 Flight Sergeant
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Ronald Francis Stone
Pilot in 102 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
30th July 1942, aged 26.

​Son of Leslie and Alice L. Stone, of Te Aroha West, Auckland, New Zealand.

Other Burial Details

568443 Sergeant Maurice Alfred Barrett, Flight Engineer in 102 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 30th July 1942, aged 20. Son of William Ernest and Lena Rose Barrett, of Cwm, Monmouthshire.

969453 Flight Sergeant James Kirkwood, Obs. in 102 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Service, died 30th July 1942.

1210421 Sergeant Victor Henry Twining, Air Gunner in 102 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 30th July 1942, aged 20. Son of William M. and S. J. Twining, of Birmingham.
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1168354 Sergeant Eric Humphrey Williams, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 102 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 30th July 1942, aged 21. Son of Stanley Maynard Williams and Florence Kate Williams, of Thornbury, Gloucestershire.

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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NIL ST. VINCENT (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD
WAVRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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Disclaimer


The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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