ST. AGATHA-BERCHEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Brussels Capital Region
Belgium
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.85895, Longitude: 4.29425
Location Information
St. Agatha-Berchem is a commune on the western outskirts of Brussels, 5 kilometres from the centre of the city. It lies west of the Brussels-Ghent main road. The cemetery is about 450 metres west of this main road. The cemetery entrance is from Groendreefstraat close to its junction with Kasterlindenstraat. On entering the cemetery turn immediately right and the two Commonwealth war graves are in the north-western corner, against the north wall.
Visiting Information
The gate of St. Agatha-Berchem Communal Cemetery is locked. To gain access to the cemetery we advise you to contact the Belgian War Graves Department prior to your visit. Their contact details are as follows :
telephone number +32 (0)2 227 63 34.
Mobile phone number +32 (0)474 270 224
e-mail Didier.pontzeele@warveterans.be
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.
St. Agatha-Berchem Communal Cemetery contains two Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels and Jean-Michel Dominique
St. Agatha-Berchem is a commune on the western outskirts of Brussels, 5 kilometres from the centre of the city. It lies west of the Brussels-Ghent main road. The cemetery is about 450 metres west of this main road. The cemetery entrance is from Groendreefstraat close to its junction with Kasterlindenstraat. On entering the cemetery turn immediately right and the two Commonwealth war graves are in the north-western corner, against the north wall.
Visiting Information
The gate of St. Agatha-Berchem Communal Cemetery is locked. To gain access to the cemetery we advise you to contact the Belgian War Graves Department prior to your visit. Their contact details are as follows :
telephone number +32 (0)2 227 63 34.
Mobile phone number +32 (0)474 270 224
e-mail Didier.pontzeele@warveterans.be
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.
St. Agatha-Berchem Communal Cemetery contains two Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels and Jean-Michel Dominique
321101 Trooper
Thomas Herbert Angell
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, Royal Armoured Corps
Died Between 18th May 1940 and 4th June 1940.
Thomas Herbert Angell
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, Royal Armoured Corps
Died Between 18th May 1940 and 4th June 1940.
2038781 Trooper
Bernard Sidney Brewin
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, Royal Armoured Corps
17th May 1940, aged 21.
Bernard Sidney Brewin
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, Royal Armoured Corps
17th May 1940, aged 21.
