MIDDELKERKE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 51.18664 Longitude: 2.82874
Location Information
Middelkerke Communal Cemetery is located 9 km south west of Oostende.
From Oostende the N34 continues for 9 km to the costal town of Middelkerke. The town is approached via the C de Grootelaan which leads to the left hand turning onto Kerkstraat N325. The next immediate left hand turning leads onto the N318 Oostendelaan. 500 metres along the Oostendelaan lies the right hand turning onto the H.Prootstraat. The cemetery is located at the end of H.Prootstraat.
This cemetery is not an open site and access is limited by normal cemetery opening hours. (Rear entrance to this cemetery is permanently open).
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to site possible - maybe by an alternative 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 Commonwealth plot in Middelkerke Communal Cemetery contains 53 burials of the Second World War, ten of them unidentified, and two Polish war graves.
Total Burials: 55.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 38, Canada 5, Poland 2. Total 45.
Unidentified Casualties: 10.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
Middelkerke Communal Cemetery is located 9 km south west of Oostende.
From Oostende the N34 continues for 9 km to the costal town of Middelkerke. The town is approached via the C de Grootelaan which leads to the left hand turning onto Kerkstraat N325. The next immediate left hand turning leads onto the N318 Oostendelaan. 500 metres along the Oostendelaan lies the right hand turning onto the H.Prootstraat. The cemetery is located at the end of H.Prootstraat.
This cemetery is not an open site and access is limited by normal cemetery opening hours. (Rear entrance to this cemetery is permanently open).
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to site possible - maybe by an alternative 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 Commonwealth plot in Middelkerke Communal Cemetery contains 53 burials of the Second World War, ten of them unidentified, and two Polish war graves.
Total Burials: 55.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 38, Canada 5, Poland 2. Total 45.
Unidentified Casualties: 10.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
B/66689 Private
George Harold Davis
Royal Regiment of Canada, R. C. I. C.
19th August 1942.
Row B. 14.
George Harold Davis
Royal Regiment of Canada, R. C. I. C.
19th August 1942.
Row B. 14.
R/79806 Flight Sergeant
Benjamin Leo Kohn Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 407 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force 6th September 1942. Row B. 10. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kohn, of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
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R/69723 Warrant Officer Class I
Walter David Page
214 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st April 1942, aged 24.
Row A. 4.
Son of William Arthur and Mildred Kate Page, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. B.A. (University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville).
His headstone bears the inscription Proudly Remembered By Mother And Father "Till We Meet Again"
Walter David Page
214 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st April 1942, aged 24.
Row A. 4.
Son of William Arthur and Mildred Kate Page, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. B.A. (University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville).
His headstone bears the inscription Proudly Remembered By Mother And Father "Till We Meet Again"
