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HOUTAVE CHURCHYARD
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West-Vlaanderen

​Belgium


GPS Coordinates Latitude: 51.23616 Longitude: 3.11032

Location Information

The village of Houtave is located west of the city of Brugge (Bruges) on the N9 which runs between Brugge and Oostende. Driving from Brugge follow the N9 to the village of Houtave. On entering the village take the first turning left called Kapellestraat. Then take the first turning left into Pastoriestraat, the church is at the end of this street. The grave is located at the right hand front side of the church.



Historical Information

Houtave Churchyard contains one Commonwealth burial of the First World War.
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Flight Sub-Lieutenant
Langley Frank Willard Smith, D. S. C. 
4th Squadron, 4th Wing, Royal Naval Air Service
12th June 1917, aged 19.


Croix de Guerre (Belgium), Order of the Crown (Belgium). Son of Frank Willard and Florence Whitlaw Smith (nee Bond), of Montreal, Canada. Born at Phillipsburg, P.Q.

His headstone bears the inscription "Born Philipsburg, Que. Canada 15th August 1897. Greater Love Hath No Man Than This"



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  • France
    • AISNE
    • MARNE
    • NORD
    • OISE
    • PAS DE CALAIS
    • SEINE-ET-MARNE
    • SEINE-MARITIME
    • SOMME
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS
    • FRENCH NON COMMONWEALTH CEMETERIES
    • French Memorials
  • Gallipoli
  • Other Countries
  • Architects
  • Shot at Dawn
  • Victoria Cross
  • Miscellaneous
  • Regimental Badges
  • "Silent Cities" Revisited