JUSERET (BERCHEUX) NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Luxembourg
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 49.89817 Longitude: 5.54141
Location Information
Bercheux is a village near Juseret. It is 18 kilometres south-west of Bastogne, astride the Neufchateau-Bastogne road. The cemetery is about 364 metres east of the village church, on the north side of the road to Juseret. The Commonwealth burial is in the south-east corner.
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.
Juseret Communal Cemetery contains the grave of one airman of the Second World War.
Burial Details
563211 Sergeant Edward James Mortimer Whittle, Observer in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died in 11th May 1940, aged 26. Son of Frederick George Mortimer Whittle and May Whittle; husband of Phyllis Grace Whittle, of Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Pictures below © André De Smet
Bercheux is a village near Juseret. It is 18 kilometres south-west of Bastogne, astride the Neufchateau-Bastogne road. The cemetery is about 364 metres east of the village church, on the north side of the road to Juseret. The Commonwealth burial is in the south-east corner.
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.
Juseret Communal Cemetery contains the grave of one airman of the Second World War.
Burial Details
563211 Sergeant Edward James Mortimer Whittle, Observer in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died in 11th May 1940, aged 26. Son of Frederick George Mortimer Whittle and May Whittle; husband of Phyllis Grace Whittle, of Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Pictures below © André De Smet
Pictures below © Johan Pauwels
