OUTGAARDEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Vlaams-Brabant
Belgium
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.76676, Longitude: 4.91365
Location Information
Outgaarden is a small village 52 kilometres south-east of Brussels, and 7 kilometres south of Tirlemont, lying 800 metres east of the Tirlemont-Charleroi main road. The cemetery is on the western outskirts of Outgaarden, and the Commonwealth graves are in the south-western portion.
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.
Outgaarden Communal Cemetery contains the graves of two Commonwealth airmen of the Second World War.
Burial Details
626134 Aircraftman 2nd Class Edwin Mole, Air Gunner in 4 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 13th May 1940, aged 23. Son of John Thomas Mold and Caroline Mold, of Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire.
33493 Pilot Officer Peter William Vaughan, Pilot in 4 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 13th May 1940.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Outgaarden is a small village 52 kilometres south-east of Brussels, and 7 kilometres south of Tirlemont, lying 800 metres east of the Tirlemont-Charleroi main road. The cemetery is on the western outskirts of Outgaarden, and the Commonwealth graves are in the south-western portion.
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.
Outgaarden Communal Cemetery contains the graves of two Commonwealth airmen of the Second World War.
Burial Details
626134 Aircraftman 2nd Class Edwin Mole, Air Gunner in 4 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 13th May 1940, aged 23. Son of John Thomas Mold and Caroline Mold, of Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire.
33493 Pilot Officer Peter William Vaughan, Pilot in 4 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 13th May 1940.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
