ISIÈRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.66619 Longitude: 3.82098
Location Information
The village of Isières is located north of the town of Ath off the N7. From the motorway E42 turn off at junction 32 onto the N7 direction Ath. Follow the N7 past the villages of Gaurain-Ramecroix, Barry, Leuze-en-Hainaut and Ligne and then to Ath. Follow the N7 under the railway at Ath then take the first turning on the left, direction Lanquesaint and Isieres. Cross the railway for the second time and enter the village of Isieres, then take the second turning on the right called chemin Cambry and then first left into chemin du Pic au Vent. The cemetery is along here on the right. The graves are located to the right of the centre path.
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.
Isières Communal Cemetery contains nine U. K. burials of the Second World War.
Pictures in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
The village of Isières is located north of the town of Ath off the N7. From the motorway E42 turn off at junction 32 onto the N7 direction Ath. Follow the N7 past the villages of Gaurain-Ramecroix, Barry, Leuze-en-Hainaut and Ligne and then to Ath. Follow the N7 under the railway at Ath then take the first turning on the left, direction Lanquesaint and Isieres. Cross the railway for the second time and enter the village of Isieres, then take the second turning on the right called chemin Cambry and then first left into chemin du Pic au Vent. The cemetery is along here on the right. The graves are located to the right of the centre path.
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.
Isières Communal Cemetery contains nine U. K. burials of the Second World War.
Pictures in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
Click on Individual Headstone for Details
4124961 Corporal
George Haltby Nursaw
4th Bn. Cheshire Regiment
19th May 1940, aged 33.
George Haltby Nursaw
4th Bn. Cheshire Regiment
19th May 1940, aged 33.
Pictures in gallery below © Werner Van Caneghem
