HAASRODE CHURCHYARD
Vlaams-Brabant
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.83096 Longitude: 4.72757
Location Information
From Leuven railway station turn left onto the 'Tiensevest'. Follow this through the Tiensepoort along Geldenaakvest and on to the Parkpoort. Turn left at Parkpoort into the Geldenaaksebaan and follow this road for 2 km, cross over the junction with Meerdaboslaan and drive approximately 1 kilometre further before turning right into the Blandenstraat. Continue along the Blandenstraat for 1 kilometre and turn left into the Milsestraat. Drive along the Milsestraat until you see the church. The entrance to the Communal Cemetery where the Commission plot can be found is to the left rear of the Church on the Romand Verheydenstraat.
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.
Haasrode Churchyard contains the graves of eight Commonwealth airmen of the Second World War.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 5, New Zealand 2, Australia 1. Total 8.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Click on individual Headstone for Details
From Leuven railway station turn left onto the 'Tiensevest'. Follow this through the Tiensepoort along Geldenaakvest and on to the Parkpoort. Turn left at Parkpoort into the Geldenaaksebaan and follow this road for 2 km, cross over the junction with Meerdaboslaan and drive approximately 1 kilometre further before turning right into the Blandenstraat. Continue along the Blandenstraat for 1 kilometre and turn left into the Milsestraat. Drive along the Milsestraat until you see the church. The entrance to the Communal Cemetery where the Commission plot can be found is to the left rear of the Church on the Romand Verheydenstraat.
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.
Haasrode Churchyard contains the graves of eight Commonwealth airmen of the Second World War.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 5, New Zealand 2, Australia 1. Total 8.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Click on individual Headstone for Details
42327 Flight Sergeant
Gordon Henderson
Air Gunner in 90 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
25th June 1943, aged 30.
Son of Charles and Agnes Henderson, of Rotorua, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of B. Henderson.
Gordon Henderson
Air Gunner in 90 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
25th June 1943, aged 30.
Son of Charles and Agnes Henderson, of Rotorua, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of B. Henderson.
Group portrait of members of Course 17A of 5 Initial Training School (5ITS) photographed on their first day of training.
Identified in the back row, second from the left is 16774 Flight Sergeant Walter Henry Teede, (Royal Australian Air Force) who was killed in action over The Netherlands on 25th June 1943, aged 29. Son of Joseph Binfield Teede and Elsie Maud Teede, of Bunbury, Western Australia. His headstone bears the inscription "Memories"
