HERZELE CHURCHYARD
Oost-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.88816 Longitude: 3.89082
Location Information
The village of Herzele is located south-west of the town of Aalst off the N46. From the motorway E40/A10, which runs between Oostende and Brussels, turn off at junction 18 onto the N46, direction Hillegem. Go through the village of Borsbeke and at the next crossroads turn left into Stationstraat towards Herzele. Follow this road to the village centre and the church is on the right. The graves are located to the right of the church.
Historical Information
The eight Commonwealth burials of the First World War in Herzele Churchyard resulted from a railway accident on 7 December 1918. The grave of an American serviceman killed in the accident has since been removed.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
The village of Herzele is located south-west of the town of Aalst off the N46. From the motorway E40/A10, which runs between Oostende and Brussels, turn off at junction 18 onto the N46, direction Hillegem. Go through the village of Borsbeke and at the next crossroads turn left into Stationstraat towards Herzele. Follow this road to the village centre and the church is on the right. The graves are located to the right of the church.
Historical Information
The eight Commonwealth burials of the First World War in Herzele Churchyard resulted from a railway accident on 7 December 1918. The grave of an American serviceman killed in the accident has since been removed.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
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Double Graves
125116 Private 1st Class J. Brown, 7th Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 7th December 1918.
23502 Corporal V. Hugo, 1st Aircraft Depot, Royal Air Force, died 7th December 1918.
J/25692 Air Mechanic 1st Class Edmund George Preston, 7th Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 7th December 1918, aged 22. Son of George Frederick Durrant and Elizabeth Preston, of The Lodge, Norfolk Square, Great Yarmouth.
INSCRIPTION " Thine is a perfect rest secure and deep good night, good night"
M2/150808 Private James Turnball, Royal Army Service Corps, died 7th December 1918.
125116 Private 1st Class J. Brown, 7th Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 7th December 1918.
23502 Corporal V. Hugo, 1st Aircraft Depot, Royal Air Force, died 7th December 1918.
J/25692 Air Mechanic 1st Class Edmund George Preston, 7th Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 7th December 1918, aged 22. Son of George Frederick Durrant and Elizabeth Preston, of The Lodge, Norfolk Square, Great Yarmouth.
INSCRIPTION " Thine is a perfect rest secure and deep good night, good night"
M2/150808 Private James Turnball, Royal Army Service Corps, died 7th December 1918.
