ADINKERKE CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
Location Information
Adinkerke is located west of the town of Veurne on the N39. Driving along the N39 towards France, enter the village and go first left then immediate right into Stationstraat. This allows you to cross the canal. From Stationstraat go first left into Dorpstraat, go past the first turning on the right and the cemetery is on the right.
From June - November, 1917, the British XV Corps held the line in this sector, and the 24th and 39th Casualty Clearing Stations were posted at Oosthoek (between Adinkerke and Furnes) between July and November of that year, and the 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station was situated in Adinkerke in June. Most of the burials here were made by these units. The Commonwealth cemetery lies within a Belgian military cemetery on the west side of the Churchyard.
Casualty Details: UK 67, Total Burials: 67
Adinkerke is located west of the town of Veurne on the N39. Driving along the N39 towards France, enter the village and go first left then immediate right into Stationstraat. This allows you to cross the canal. From Stationstraat go first left into Dorpstraat, go past the first turning on the right and the cemetery is on the right.
From June - November, 1917, the British XV Corps held the line in this sector, and the 24th and 39th Casualty Clearing Stations were posted at Oosthoek (between Adinkerke and Furnes) between July and November of that year, and the 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station was situated in Adinkerke in June. Most of the burials here were made by these units. The Commonwealth cemetery lies within a Belgian military cemetery on the west side of the Churchyard.
Casualty Details: UK 67, Total Burials: 67
Commonwealth War Graves
Belgian Military Graves
203168 Private
Louis Harrison
1st/4th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
24th July 1917.
Grave Ref: 807.
Louis Harrison
1st/4th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
24th July 1917.
Grave Ref: 807.
16852 Private
John Dunlop McInnes
15th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
24th June 1917, aged 27.
Grave 1711.
Born in Lanarkshire, youngest son of Hugh McInnes and Jane Dick of Ayrshire. Worked as a miner. Husband of Katy Stewart and father of Hugh (born 1912) and Margaret (born 1915) Remembered by his family and descendants.
Picture courtesy of Dorothy Quail
John Dunlop McInnes
15th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
24th June 1917, aged 27.
Grave 1711.
Born in Lanarkshire, youngest son of Hugh McInnes and Jane Dick of Ayrshire. Worked as a miner. Husband of Katy Stewart and father of Hugh (born 1912) and Margaret (born 1915) Remembered by his family and descendants.
Picture courtesy of Dorothy Quail
