DINANT (CITADELLE) MILITARY CEMETERY
Namur
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.26161 Longitude: 4.9157
Location Information
The town of Dinant is located on the junctions of the N96/92. From the motorway E411/A4 which runs between Brussel and Luxembourg turn off at junction 20 onto the N97 direction Dinant. Follow the N97 to the first exit and turn onto the N936 Tige de Taviet direction Dinant. The road changes name to Grand'Route de Ciney and then Rue Saint-Jaques. After several kilometers the road passes through a commercial zone then bends left and descends down a steep hill. Turn left at the first junction into Rue Pont d'Amour, there are tourist signs to La Citadelle. Then take the first right into Chemin d'Herbuchenne. Then again first right into Chemin de la Citadelle. The cemetery is on the left. The graves are located in the far left hand corner of the French Military Cemetery and cannot be seen from the entrance.
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.
Dinant (Citadelle) Military Cemetery contains the graves of 25 airmen of the Second World War.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 18, Canada 5, Australia 1, New Zealand 1. Total 25.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
The town of Dinant is located on the junctions of the N96/92. From the motorway E411/A4 which runs between Brussel and Luxembourg turn off at junction 20 onto the N97 direction Dinant. Follow the N97 to the first exit and turn onto the N936 Tige de Taviet direction Dinant. The road changes name to Grand'Route de Ciney and then Rue Saint-Jaques. After several kilometers the road passes through a commercial zone then bends left and descends down a steep hill. Turn left at the first junction into Rue Pont d'Amour, there are tourist signs to La Citadelle. Then take the first right into Chemin d'Herbuchenne. Then again first right into Chemin de la Citadelle. The cemetery is on the left. The graves are located in the far left hand corner of the French Military Cemetery and cannot be seen from the entrance.
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.
Dinant (Citadelle) Military Cemetery contains the graves of 25 airmen of the Second World War.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 18, Canada 5, Australia 1, New Zealand 1. Total 25.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Entrance to Cemetery
French Graves
Commonwealth Graves
Commonwealth Individual Headstones
Click on Headstone for Details
R/70612 Sergeant
John Alterson
Air Observer in 77 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
13th October 1941, aged 21.
Son of Jacob and Etty Alterson, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of Our Son Irving, Remembered, Longed For Always"
John Alterson
Air Observer in 77 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
13th October 1941, aged 21.
Son of Jacob and Etty Alterson, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of Our Son Irving, Remembered, Longed For Always"
R/59125 Flight Sergeant
Thomas Lincoln Duxbury
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 40 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
12th October 1941, aged 25.
Son of Thomas and Ethel Duxbury, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
Thomas Lincoln Duxbury
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 40 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
12th October 1941, aged 25.
Son of Thomas and Ethel Duxbury, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
R/1961 Sergeant
George Joseph Goodwin
Air Gunner in 15 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
13th October 1941, aged 24.
George Joseph Goodwin
Air Gunner in 15 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
13th October 1941, aged 24.
101582 Pilot Officer
Harold Mohr-Bell
Pilot in 15 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
13th October 1941.
Harold Mohr-Bell
Pilot in 15 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
13th October 1941.
R/69562 Flight Sergeant
Cyril Garfield Taylor
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 77 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
13th October 1941, aged 26.
Son of Gilbert O. and Edith May Taylor, of Grand Falls, Newfoundland.
Cyril Garfield Taylor
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 77 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
13th October 1941, aged 26.
Son of Gilbert O. and Edith May Taylor, of Grand Falls, Newfoundland.
