DESTELBERGEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Oost-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 51.05977 Longitude: 3.80288
Location Information
The community of Destelbergen is located north-east of the city of Gent on the N445. From the motorway E17/A14, which runs between Kortrijk and Antwerpen, turn off at junction 11 onto the ring R4, direction Zelzate. Follow the ring to the first junction and turn off onto the N445, direction Gent/Destelbergen. Take the first turning on the right, the Sint-Pietershofstraat, and the communal cemetery is along here on the left. The grave is located along the first aisle on the right.
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.
Destelbergen Communal Cemetery contains one unidentified Commonealth burial of the Second World War.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
The community of Destelbergen is located north-east of the city of Gent on the N445. From the motorway E17/A14, which runs between Kortrijk and Antwerpen, turn off at junction 11 onto the ring R4, direction Zelzate. Follow the ring to the first junction and turn off onto the N445, direction Gent/Destelbergen. Take the first turning on the right, the Sint-Pietershofstraat, and the communal cemetery is along here on the left. The grave is located along the first aisle on the right.
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.
Destelbergen Communal Cemetery contains one unidentified Commonealth burial of the Second World War.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
