OVERIJSE (TERLANEN) CHURCHYARD
Vlaams-Brabant
Belgium
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.7707, Longitude: 4.60328
Location Information
Overijse is a village and commune astride the main Brussels-Namur road, about 17 kilometres south-east of Brussels. Terlaenen is a hamlet 3 kilometres north-east of the village of Overijse.
The churchyard is in the centre of the hamlet, and the Commonwealth graves are in the north-western part, against the west wall.
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.
Overijse (Terlanen) Churchyard contains 15 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, nine of them unidentified.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 6.
Unidentified Casualties: 9.
Burial Details
5250293 Private Ernest Danks, 1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 16th May 1940.
2073146 Lance Corporal John Hedley, Royal Engineers, 506 Field Company, died 15th May 1940, aged 24. Son of William John and Mary Hedley, of South Shields, Co. Durham.
4034588 Private William Leslie Jinks, 1st Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry, died 16th May 1940, aged 21. Son of Ernest Henry and Edith Jinks, of Wednesbury, Staffordshire.
3766629 Fusilier Thomas Phillips, Lancashire Fusiliers, died 15th May 1940, aged 32.
5340393 Private Horace Joseph Samuel, 1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died between 16th May 1940 and 4th June 1940, aged 22. Son of Joseph Richard and Lillian Samuel, of Letchworth, Hertfordshire.
64044 Lieutenant Hugh Protheroe Thomas, 1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 16th May 1940, aged 23. Son of Maj. Sir Hugh James Protheroe Thomas, Kt., O.B.E., D.L., J.P., and of Lady Thomas (nee Matthews), of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
Pictures Copyright Werner Van Caneghem
Overijse is a village and commune astride the main Brussels-Namur road, about 17 kilometres south-east of Brussels. Terlaenen is a hamlet 3 kilometres north-east of the village of Overijse.
The churchyard is in the centre of the hamlet, and the Commonwealth graves are in the north-western part, against the west wall.
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.
Overijse (Terlanen) Churchyard contains 15 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, nine of them unidentified.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 6.
Unidentified Casualties: 9.
Burial Details
5250293 Private Ernest Danks, 1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 16th May 1940.
2073146 Lance Corporal John Hedley, Royal Engineers, 506 Field Company, died 15th May 1940, aged 24. Son of William John and Mary Hedley, of South Shields, Co. Durham.
4034588 Private William Leslie Jinks, 1st Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry, died 16th May 1940, aged 21. Son of Ernest Henry and Edith Jinks, of Wednesbury, Staffordshire.
3766629 Fusilier Thomas Phillips, Lancashire Fusiliers, died 15th May 1940, aged 32.
5340393 Private Horace Joseph Samuel, 1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died between 16th May 1940 and 4th June 1940, aged 22. Son of Joseph Richard and Lillian Samuel, of Letchworth, Hertfordshire.
64044 Lieutenant Hugh Protheroe Thomas, 1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 16th May 1940, aged 23. Son of Maj. Sir Hugh James Protheroe Thomas, Kt., O.B.E., D.L., J.P., and of Lady Thomas (nee Matthews), of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
Pictures Copyright Werner Van Caneghem
