WEVELGEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.80771, Longitude: 3.1781
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Wevelgem Communal Cemetery is located 22 Kms east of Ieper town centre on the Meenseweg N8, connecting Ieper to Menen (Menin), Wevelgem and onto Kortrijk.
Wevelgem is approached via the Meenseweg N8. From Ieper town centre the Meenseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and then right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main crossroads, directly over which begins the Meenseweg.
The cemetery itself is located on the junction with the Moorselestraat and is accessed from the N8 Vanackerstraat.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible via the main entrance.
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.
Wevelgem Communal Cemetery contains the graves of 63 Commonwealth airmen of the Second World War. Elsewhere in the cemetery there are three First World War burials.
Total Burials: 66.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 3. Total 3.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 36, Canada 12, Australia 9, New Zealand 4.
World War Two Unidentified Casualties: 2.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
Wevelgem Communal Cemetery is located 22 Kms east of Ieper town centre on the Meenseweg N8, connecting Ieper to Menen (Menin), Wevelgem and onto Kortrijk.
Wevelgem is approached via the Meenseweg N8. From Ieper town centre the Meenseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and then right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main crossroads, directly over which begins the Meenseweg.
The cemetery itself is located on the junction with the Moorselestraat and is accessed from the N8 Vanackerstraat.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible via the main entrance.
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.
Wevelgem Communal Cemetery contains the graves of 63 Commonwealth airmen of the Second World War. Elsewhere in the cemetery there are three First World War burials.
Total Burials: 66.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 3. Total 3.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 36, Canada 12, Australia 9, New Zealand 4.
World War Two Unidentified Casualties: 2.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
World War One Burials
Lieutenant
William Buckle Solly, M. C.
Lancashire Fusiliers attached to T. M. B.
19th October 1918, aged 30.
Near the South East corner.
Son of William and Jessie Solly, of Westgate-on-Sea; husband of Katie Maud Solly, of Handsworth, Birmingham.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"
William Buckle Solly, M. C.
Lancashire Fusiliers attached to T. M. B.
19th October 1918, aged 30.
Near the South East corner.
Son of William and Jessie Solly, of Westgate-on-Sea; husband of Katie Maud Solly, of Handsworth, Birmingham.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"
Other World War One Burials
46678 Private A. Adams, 19th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, died 14th October 1918.
524482 Private Harry Johnson, 111th Company, Labour Corps, died 23rd November 1918, aged 45. Husband of Annie Johnson, of 23, St. Margarets Buildings, White Row, Spitalfields, London.
46678 Private A. Adams, 19th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, died 14th October 1918.
524482 Private Harry Johnson, 111th Company, Labour Corps, died 23rd November 1918, aged 45. Husband of Annie Johnson, of 23, St. Margarets Buildings, White Row, Spitalfields, London.
