HOLLAIN CHURCHYARD
Hainaut
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.53824 Longitude: 3.42653
Location Information
Hollain Churchyard is located 8 km south of Tournai on the N52 Rue de Tournai, a road leading from the N507 which connects Hollain to Tournai.
From Tournai the N507 leads for 8 km to the village of Hollain and the junction with the N52. The cemetery is located 800 metres after the N52 junction on the left hand side of the rue de Tournai in the village of Hollain itself. The British plot which is enclosed on three sides is in the South-East corner of the churchyard, and there are unidentified burials within the plot.
Visiting Information
Visitors should note that this site is restricted to normal cemetery opening hours.
The location or design of this site, makes wheelchair access impossible.
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.
The men buried in Hollain Churchyard died during sharp fighting which took place on the outskirts of the village during the battle for the Scheldt crossings towards the end of May 1940.
The churchyard contains 41 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, seven of them unidentified.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 34.
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
5102278 Private
Edward John Arnold
2nd Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
23rd May 1940, aged 35.
Row A. 9.
Husband of Mary Elizabeth Arnold, of Bordesley Green, Birmingham.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For his Friends"
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Edward John Arnold
2nd Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
23rd May 1940, aged 35.
Row A. 9.
Husband of Mary Elizabeth Arnold, of Bordesley Green, Birmingham.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For his Friends"
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5182840 Private
Samuel Edward James Axe
2nd Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
21st May 1940, aged 19.
Row A. 6.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Axe, of Southmead, Gloucestershire.
His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
Samuel Edward James Axe
2nd Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
21st May 1940, aged 19.
Row A. 6.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Axe, of Southmead, Gloucestershire.
His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Them"
