NEERPELT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Limburg
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 51.2316 Longitude: 5.43678
Location Information
The village of Neerpelt is located north-east of the town of Mol on the N712. From the motorway E313 which runs between Antwerpen and Liege turn off at junction 23 Geel-West and onto the N19 direction Geel, follow the N19 to the junction with the N71 and turn onto the N71 direction Turnhout. Follow the N71 to the junction with the N712 and turn onto the N712 direction Overpelt. Follow the N712 through Overpelt and just before the railway crossing turn left into Clercxhoevestraat, at the end turn right into Nieuwstraat and the cemetery is along on the right. The graves are located towards the left hand side of the cemetery.
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.
Neerpelt Communal Cemetery contains three Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
The village of Neerpelt is located north-east of the town of Mol on the N712. From the motorway E313 which runs between Antwerpen and Liege turn off at junction 23 Geel-West and onto the N19 direction Geel, follow the N19 to the junction with the N71 and turn onto the N71 direction Turnhout. Follow the N71 to the junction with the N712 and turn onto the N712 direction Overpelt. Follow the N712 through Overpelt and just before the railway crossing turn left into Clercxhoevestraat, at the end turn right into Nieuwstraat and the cemetery is along on the right. The graves are located towards the left hand side of the cemetery.
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.
Neerpelt Communal Cemetery contains three Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
J/19492 Flying Officer
Henry James Muir
Pilot in 65 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
17th September 1944, aged 22.
Son of Henry K. and Alice Frenette Muir, of Three Rivers, Province of Quebec, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Sadly Missed And Always Remembered By Mother"
Henry James Muir
Pilot in 65 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
17th September 1944, aged 22.
Son of Henry K. and Alice Frenette Muir, of Three Rivers, Province of Quebec, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Sadly Missed And Always Remembered By Mother"
2723810 Lance Corporal
James Stevenson
3rd Bn. Irish Guards
11th September 1944, aged 19.
Son of James William and Elsie Stevenson, of Cloughfold, Rossendale, Lancashire.
His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
James Stevenson
3rd Bn. Irish Guards
11th September 1944, aged 19.
Son of James William and Elsie Stevenson, of Cloughfold, Rossendale, Lancashire.
His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Him"
6103487 Trooper
George Thomasson
Life Guards, died 10th September 1944, aged 26.
Son of Gerard and Eliza Ann Thomasson, of Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Florence Thomasson, of Bolton.
His headstone bears the inscription "Love's Last Gift, Remembrance"
George Thomasson
Life Guards, died 10th September 1944, aged 26.
Son of Gerard and Eliza Ann Thomasson, of Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Florence Thomasson, of Bolton.
His headstone bears the inscription "Love's Last Gift, Remembrance"
