KRUISHOUTEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Oost-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.90424 Longitude: 3.53038
Location Information
The town of Kruishoutem is located south-west of the city of Gent on the N459. From the motorway E17/A14, which runs between Kortrijk and Antwerpen, turn off at junction 6 onto the N459, direction Kruishoutem. Follow this road to the town centre and the square, bear left through the square into Kerkstraat and turn immediatly right into Pastorijstraat. The cemetery is along here on the left and the graves are located to the left of 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.
The large Belgian pelouse d'honneur at Kruishoutem Communal Cemetery contains five Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
Burial Details
5386529 Trooper Ernest Harry Branch, 61st Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C, died 6th September 1944, aged 29. Husband of Gwendoline Ellen Branch, of Sittingbourne, Kent.
5574498 Trooper Valentine Brent, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Royal Armoured Corps, died 6th September 1944, aged 30. Son of Arthur Henry and Florence Brent, of Stoke Newington, London.
7906188 Corporal Raymond Henry Brown, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Royal Armoured Corps, died 6th September 1944.
3852367 Private Wilfred Jackman, 7th Bn. Manchester Regiment, died 22nd October 1944, aged 41. Son of William and Martha Ellen Jackman, of Euxton, Lancashire.
7919236 Trooper Eric Samuel Trevor Pinch, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Royal Armoured Corps, died 6th September 1944, aged 30. Son of Cyril Trevor and Beryl Mary Pinch, of Great Cornard, Suffolk.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
The town of Kruishoutem is located south-west of the city of Gent on the N459. From the motorway E17/A14, which runs between Kortrijk and Antwerpen, turn off at junction 6 onto the N459, direction Kruishoutem. Follow this road to the town centre and the square, bear left through the square into Kerkstraat and turn immediatly right into Pastorijstraat. The cemetery is along here on the left and the graves are located to the left of 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.
The large Belgian pelouse d'honneur at Kruishoutem Communal Cemetery contains five Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
Burial Details
5386529 Trooper Ernest Harry Branch, 61st Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C, died 6th September 1944, aged 29. Husband of Gwendoline Ellen Branch, of Sittingbourne, Kent.
5574498 Trooper Valentine Brent, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Royal Armoured Corps, died 6th September 1944, aged 30. Son of Arthur Henry and Florence Brent, of Stoke Newington, London.
7906188 Corporal Raymond Henry Brown, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Royal Armoured Corps, died 6th September 1944.
3852367 Private Wilfred Jackman, 7th Bn. Manchester Regiment, died 22nd October 1944, aged 41. Son of William and Martha Ellen Jackman, of Euxton, Lancashire.
7919236 Trooper Eric Samuel Trevor Pinch, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Royal Armoured Corps, died 6th September 1944, aged 30. Son of Cyril Trevor and Beryl Mary Pinch, of Great Cornard, Suffolk.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
