ECAUSSINNES D'ENGHIEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.5742 Longitude: 4.1695
Location Information
The village of Ecaussinnes d'Enghien is located west of Nivelles off the N534. From the E19 motorway turn off at junction 19 Nivelles-Sud and onto the N27 direction Seneffe. Take the fifth turning on the right, direction Feluy, and follow this road along past the village of Feluy where the road splits. Take the right hand fork direction Ecaussinnes. Cross the N534 and the river and follow this road until crossing the railway. After the railway crossing there is a crossroads, turn left here into rue d'Henripont and cross the railway again, take the second turning on the right called rue de Soignies and the cemetery is at the end of the road. The graves are located to the left of the entrance in the old part of the cemetery.
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.
Ecaussinnes d'Enghien Communal Cemetery contains the graves of six Commonwealth airmen of the Second World War.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
The village of Ecaussinnes d'Enghien is located west of Nivelles off the N534. From the E19 motorway turn off at junction 19 Nivelles-Sud and onto the N27 direction Seneffe. Take the fifth turning on the right, direction Feluy, and follow this road along past the village of Feluy where the road splits. Take the right hand fork direction Ecaussinnes. Cross the N534 and the river and follow this road until crossing the railway. After the railway crossing there is a crossroads, turn left here into rue d'Henripont and cross the railway again, take the second turning on the right called rue de Soignies and the cemetery is at the end of the road. The graves are located to the left of the entrance in the old part of the cemetery.
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.
Ecaussinnes d'Enghien Communal Cemetery contains the graves of six Commonwealth airmen of the Second World War.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
36151 Flying Officer
John Ernest Edwards
Pilot in 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force
15th May 1940, aged 26
Son of Ernest James Edwards and of Margaret Eleanor Edwards (nee Galloway), of Auckland City, New Zealand.
His headstone bears the Inscription "Auckland, New Zealand. Grammar School Old Boy. A Beloved Son And Brother"
John Ernest Edwards
Pilot in 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force
15th May 1940, aged 26
Son of Ernest James Edwards and of Margaret Eleanor Edwards (nee Galloway), of Auckland City, New Zealand.
His headstone bears the Inscription "Auckland, New Zealand. Grammar School Old Boy. A Beloved Son And Brother"
Other Burial Details
15181 Wing Commander Ernest Cecil Barlow, Pilot in 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 15th May 1940. Son of Ernest and Kate Barlow; husband of Barbara F. M. Barlow, of Binfield, Berkshire.
580485 Sergeant Edward Clarke, Observer in 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 15th May 1940, aged 20. Son of Alfred and Ellen Clarke, of Chelsfield, Kent.
541085 Leading Aircraftman Stanley Johnson, Wireless Operator in 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force, 15th May 1940. Son of Sophia Johnson, of Liverpool.
615087 Leading Aircraftman Albert Ernest Millard, Wireless Operator in 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 15th May 1940.
5800429 Sergeant Charles Thomas White, Observer in 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 15th May 1940, aged 23. Son of George White, and of Clarissa Mary Ann White, of Hammersmith, London.
15181 Wing Commander Ernest Cecil Barlow, Pilot in 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 15th May 1940. Son of Ernest and Kate Barlow; husband of Barbara F. M. Barlow, of Binfield, Berkshire.
580485 Sergeant Edward Clarke, Observer in 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 15th May 1940, aged 20. Son of Alfred and Ellen Clarke, of Chelsfield, Kent.
541085 Leading Aircraftman Stanley Johnson, Wireless Operator in 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force, 15th May 1940. Son of Sophia Johnson, of Liverpool.
615087 Leading Aircraftman Albert Ernest Millard, Wireless Operator in 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 15th May 1940.
5800429 Sergeant Charles Thomas White, Observer in 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 15th May 1940, aged 23. Son of George White, and of Clarissa Mary Ann White, of Hammersmith, London.
