HULDENBERG CHURCHYARD
Vlaams-Brabant
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.79033 Longitude: 4.58406
Location Information
Huldenberg is a village lying 23 kilometres south-east of Brussels and 4 kilometres north-east of Overijse, which is on the Brussels-Namur main road.
The church and churchyard stand on high ground in the centre of Huldenberg.
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.
Huldenberg Churchyard contains 15 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 9, Australia 5, New Zealand 1. Total 15.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Huldenberg is a village lying 23 kilometres south-east of Brussels and 4 kilometres north-east of Overijse, which is on the Brussels-Namur main road.
The church and churchyard stand on high ground in the centre of Huldenberg.
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.
Huldenberg Churchyard contains 15 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 9, Australia 5, New Zealand 1. Total 15.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Click on Individual Headstone for Details
40239 Flying Officer
Mervyn George McNeil
Pilot in Royal New Zealand Air Force
1st August 1942, aged 25.
Son of George McNeil and of May Eva McNeil (nee Goldsworthy), of Auckland City, New Zealand.
Mervyn George McNeil
Pilot in Royal New Zealand Air Force
1st August 1942, aged 25.
Son of George McNeil and of May Eva McNeil (nee Goldsworthy), of Auckland City, New Zealand.
406576 Flying Officer
Arthur Frederick Richard Nash
Royal Australian Air Force
1st August 1942, aged 27.
Son of Richard Harry and Ruby Nash; husband of Nancy Nash, of Nedlands, Western Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"
Hand coloured studio portrait of 406576 of Flying Officer (FO) Arthur Frederick Richard Nash of Nedlands, WA. A power station operator before enlisting in the RAAF in February 1941, FO Nash trained as a pilot under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) and was posted to 27 Operational Training Unit (27OTU) at RAF Lichfield, England. FO Nash was reported missing after his Wellington bomber, serial number DV552, radio-call sign UJ-N, failed to return from an operational sortie over Dusseldorf, Germany, on the night of 31 July/1 August 1942. It was later determined that UJ-N had been shot down by a German night fighter and crashed at Hulenburg, Belgium, killing all crew members including FO Nash, aged 27.
Arthur Frederick Richard Nash
Royal Australian Air Force
1st August 1942, aged 27.
Son of Richard Harry and Ruby Nash; husband of Nancy Nash, of Nedlands, Western Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"
Hand coloured studio portrait of 406576 of Flying Officer (FO) Arthur Frederick Richard Nash of Nedlands, WA. A power station operator before enlisting in the RAAF in February 1941, FO Nash trained as a pilot under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) and was posted to 27 Operational Training Unit (27OTU) at RAF Lichfield, England. FO Nash was reported missing after his Wellington bomber, serial number DV552, radio-call sign UJ-N, failed to return from an operational sortie over Dusseldorf, Germany, on the night of 31 July/1 August 1942. It was later determined that UJ-N had been shot down by a German night fighter and crashed at Hulenburg, Belgium, killing all crew members including FO Nash, aged 27.
