FROYENNES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.62566 Longitude: 3.35908
Location Information
Froyennes Communal Cemetery is located 2 km north west of Tournai on a road leading from the N509 which connects Tournai to Froyennes. From Tournai follow the N50 towards Kortrijk for 1 km. At the traffic lights turn left onto Chaussee du Pont Royal. 40 metres further turnn right into Chaussee de Courtrai (N509) which, after 800m, becomes rue de Flequières. The cemetery is located 100 metres further on the right hand side of the road.
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.
Froyennes Communal Cemetery contains 31 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, seven of them unidentified
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 24.
Froyennes Communal Cemetery is located 2 km north west of Tournai on a road leading from the N509 which connects Tournai to Froyennes. From Tournai follow the N50 towards Kortrijk for 1 km. At the traffic lights turn left onto Chaussee du Pont Royal. 40 metres further turnn right into Chaussee de Courtrai (N509) which, after 800m, becomes rue de Flequières. The cemetery is located 100 metres further on the right hand side of the road.
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.
Froyennes Communal Cemetery contains 31 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, seven of them unidentified
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 24.
Cemetery pictures below © Werner Van Caneghem
Individual Headstones
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3595298 Private
Nelson Whalley
1st Bn. Border Regiment
21st May 1940, aged 30.
Row 2. Grave 20.
Husband of Ellen Rosina Whalley, of Bath, Somerset.
Nelson Whalley
1st Bn. Border Regiment
21st May 1940, aged 30.
Row 2. Grave 20.
Husband of Ellen Rosina Whalley, of Bath, Somerset.
