HOUFFALIZE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Luxembourg
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.13763 Longitude: 5.7886
Location Information
The small town of Houffalize is 69 kilometres south-south-east of Liege, and 17 kilometres north-north-east of Bastogne. The cemetery is about 2 kilometres north of the town on the rue de Liege, opposite a Ford garage. The Commonwealth war graves of the airmen are close to 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.
Houffalize Communal Cemetery contains the graves of ten airmen of the Second World War.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 8, Australia 1, New Zealand 1. Total 10,
Burial Details
2350 Flying Officer Richard Bruce Anderson, Mentioned in Despatches, Air Bomber in 61 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 6th January 1945, aged 22. Son of Richard Edgar and Arden Arundel Anderson, of Great Staughton, Huntingdonshire, England.
1398534 Flight Sergeant William Laurence Cleary, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th January 1945, aged 23. Son of Jeremiah and Eleanor Mary Cleary, of Penydarren, Glamorgan.
1699824 Sergeant Edwin Deller, Flight Engineer in 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th January 1945.
1817877 Sergeant John Kennedy, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th January 1945, aged 35. Son of James and Annie Kennedy, of Muirhead, Ayrshire.
2200210 Flight Sergeant George Malcolm, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th January 1945, aged 20. Son of Henry and Alice Malcolm, of Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorkshire.
1673073 Sergeant George Eric Patterson, Navigator in 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th January 1945.
432010 Flying Officer Miguel Louis Perez, Royal Australian Air Force, died 6th January 1945, aged 20. Son of Rafael and Pantaleona Mary Perez, of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
171387 Flying Officer Jack Etherington Sears, Pilot in 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th January 1945, aged 22. Son of Bertie Stanley and Constance Olive Sears, of New Southgate, Middlesex; husband of Kathleen Rosemary Sears, of New Southgate.
2221357 Sergeant John Graham Shepherd in 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th January 1945, aged 19. Son of John and Dorothy May Shepherd, of Nottingham.
1673227 Flight Sergeant Maurice Wilfred Stobart, in 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th January 1945, aged 21. Son of Matthew Wilfred and Dorothy Stobart, of Wolsingham, Co.Durham.
The small town of Houffalize is 69 kilometres south-south-east of Liege, and 17 kilometres north-north-east of Bastogne. The cemetery is about 2 kilometres north of the town on the rue de Liege, opposite a Ford garage. The Commonwealth war graves of the airmen are close to 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.
Houffalize Communal Cemetery contains the graves of ten airmen of the Second World War.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 8, Australia 1, New Zealand 1. Total 10,
Burial Details
2350 Flying Officer Richard Bruce Anderson, Mentioned in Despatches, Air Bomber in 61 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 6th January 1945, aged 22. Son of Richard Edgar and Arden Arundel Anderson, of Great Staughton, Huntingdonshire, England.
1398534 Flight Sergeant William Laurence Cleary, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th January 1945, aged 23. Son of Jeremiah and Eleanor Mary Cleary, of Penydarren, Glamorgan.
1699824 Sergeant Edwin Deller, Flight Engineer in 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th January 1945.
1817877 Sergeant John Kennedy, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th January 1945, aged 35. Son of James and Annie Kennedy, of Muirhead, Ayrshire.
2200210 Flight Sergeant George Malcolm, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th January 1945, aged 20. Son of Henry and Alice Malcolm, of Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorkshire.
1673073 Sergeant George Eric Patterson, Navigator in 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th January 1945.
432010 Flying Officer Miguel Louis Perez, Royal Australian Air Force, died 6th January 1945, aged 20. Son of Rafael and Pantaleona Mary Perez, of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
171387 Flying Officer Jack Etherington Sears, Pilot in 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th January 1945, aged 22. Son of Bertie Stanley and Constance Olive Sears, of New Southgate, Middlesex; husband of Kathleen Rosemary Sears, of New Southgate.
2221357 Sergeant John Graham Shepherd in 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th January 1945, aged 19. Son of John and Dorothy May Shepherd, of Nottingham.
1673227 Flight Sergeant Maurice Wilfred Stobart, in 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 6th January 1945, aged 21. Son of Matthew Wilfred and Dorothy Stobart, of Wolsingham, Co.Durham.
