DESNIE CHURCHYARD
Liège
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.46091 Longitude: 5.80987
Location Information
The village of Desnie is located south-west of the town of Verviers on the N606. From the motorway E40 which runs between Brussels and Aachen turn off at the junction with the E42 and follow the E42 direction Verviers. Turn off the E42 at junction 8 and onto the N657 direction Theux. In the village of Theux turn right onto the N62 direction Louveigne and follow the N62 to the junction with the N606. Turn onto the N606 direction La Reid and go through La Reid to Desnie. On entering the village of Desnie look for the church and the cemetery is behind the church. The graves are located just inside the entrance.
Historical Information
Desnie Churchyard contains five Commonwealth burials of the First World War, all men of the 1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment who died in an incident in December 1918.
Burial Details
39078 Lance Corporal G. R. Clacy M .M., Ist Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 10th December 1918.
46008 Private H. E. Cox, Ist Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 10th December 1918.
46015 Private Frank E. S. Heal, Ist Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 10th December 1918, aged 19. Son of Albert and Annie Heal, of Draycott, Cheddar, Somerset.
46086 Private A. S. House, Ist Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 10th December 1918.
38334 Lance Corporal Frank Hutchinson, Ist Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 10th December 1918, aged 25. Son of William Peacock Hutchinson and Mary Ann Hutchinson, of 18, Fenny St., Stockton-on-Tees.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
The village of Desnie is located south-west of the town of Verviers on the N606. From the motorway E40 which runs between Brussels and Aachen turn off at the junction with the E42 and follow the E42 direction Verviers. Turn off the E42 at junction 8 and onto the N657 direction Theux. In the village of Theux turn right onto the N62 direction Louveigne and follow the N62 to the junction with the N606. Turn onto the N606 direction La Reid and go through La Reid to Desnie. On entering the village of Desnie look for the church and the cemetery is behind the church. The graves are located just inside the entrance.
Historical Information
Desnie Churchyard contains five Commonwealth burials of the First World War, all men of the 1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment who died in an incident in December 1918.
Burial Details
39078 Lance Corporal G. R. Clacy M .M., Ist Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 10th December 1918.
46008 Private H. E. Cox, Ist Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 10th December 1918.
46015 Private Frank E. S. Heal, Ist Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 10th December 1918, aged 19. Son of Albert and Annie Heal, of Draycott, Cheddar, Somerset.
46086 Private A. S. House, Ist Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 10th December 1918.
38334 Lance Corporal Frank Hutchinson, Ist Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 10th December 1918, aged 25. Son of William Peacock Hutchinson and Mary Ann Hutchinson, of 18, Fenny St., Stockton-on-Tees.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
