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PEUTIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Vlaams-Brabant

Belgium

GPS Coodinates: Latitude: 50.92712, Longitude: 4.45888

Location Information

Peutie is a village 14 kilometres north-north-east of Brussels, lying 2 kilometres east of Vilvoorde on the Brussels-Malines main road. The cemetery is on the eastern edge of the village, on the north side of the road to Perk. The Commonwealth graves are in the north-western part 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. 
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Peutie Communal Cemetery contains two Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.



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Peutie Communal Cemetery
Peutie Communal Cemetery
Peutie Communal Cemetery
Peutie Communal Cemetery
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2609470 Warrant Officer Class III 
Alfred William Hoare
1st Bn. Grenadier Guards
died between 15th May 1940 and 16th May 1940, aged 33.

Son of Charles and Ada Hoare, of Cliffe-at-Hoo, Kent; husband of Bessie Georgina Hoare, of Cliffe-at-Hoo.

His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The morning We Will Remember Him"


Other Burial Details

2616078 Lance Corporal Leonard John Walters, 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards, died between 15th May 1940 and 16th May 1940, aged 20. Son of Ivor G. and Amy E. Walters, of Townhill, Swansea.

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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ZAVENTEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY
GRIMBERGEN (VERBRANDE BRUG) CHURCHYARD
BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY AND BELGIAN AIRMEN'S FIELD OF HONOUR

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Disclaimer


The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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