EKSAARDE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Oost-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 51.15049 Longitude: 3.96239
Location Information
The village of Eksaarde is located north-east of the city of Gent off the N70. From the motorway E17, which runs between Kortrijk and Antwerpen, turn off at junction 12 onto the N47, direction Lokeren. Follow this road to the junction with the N70 and turn left along the N70, direction Gent. Take the second turning on the right to Eksaarde, called Ekkaardebaan. Follow this road to the crossroads and turn right into Eksaarde-Dorp. By the church turn left into Kasteeldreef and the cemetery is along here on the right. The graves are located to the right of the entrance.
Historical Information
The Commonwealth burials in Eksaarde Communal Cemetery all date from October 1914. One grave contains the remains of five unknown British soldiers and an unknown Belgian soldier, but there is a special memorial to a man of the Royal Naval Division believed to be one of the five. Buried in the other graves are three men of the Naval Division who died of wounds.
Burial Details
PO/17368 Private G. Chadwick, Portsmouth Bn. R.N. Div., Royal Marine Light Infantry, died 11th October 1914, aged 17.
London 5/2690 Leading Seaman P. Haggis, Collingwood Bn. R.N. Div., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, died 7th October 1914.
PO/4790 Corporal F. W. H. Napper, Portsmouth Bn. R.N. Div., Royal Marine Light Infantry, died 11th October 1914.
T2/76 Able Seaman, J. Whitehead, Portsmouth Bn. R.N. Div., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, died 7th October 1914.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
The village of Eksaarde is located north-east of the city of Gent off the N70. From the motorway E17, which runs between Kortrijk and Antwerpen, turn off at junction 12 onto the N47, direction Lokeren. Follow this road to the junction with the N70 and turn left along the N70, direction Gent. Take the second turning on the right to Eksaarde, called Ekkaardebaan. Follow this road to the crossroads and turn right into Eksaarde-Dorp. By the church turn left into Kasteeldreef and the cemetery is along here on the right. The graves are located to the right of the entrance.
Historical Information
The Commonwealth burials in Eksaarde Communal Cemetery all date from October 1914. One grave contains the remains of five unknown British soldiers and an unknown Belgian soldier, but there is a special memorial to a man of the Royal Naval Division believed to be one of the five. Buried in the other graves are three men of the Naval Division who died of wounds.
Burial Details
PO/17368 Private G. Chadwick, Portsmouth Bn. R.N. Div., Royal Marine Light Infantry, died 11th October 1914, aged 17.
London 5/2690 Leading Seaman P. Haggis, Collingwood Bn. R.N. Div., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, died 7th October 1914.
PO/4790 Corporal F. W. H. Napper, Portsmouth Bn. R.N. Div., Royal Marine Light Infantry, died 11th October 1914.
T2/76 Able Seaman, J. Whitehead, Portsmouth Bn. R.N. Div., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, died 7th October 1914.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
