MALONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Namur
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.43736 Longitude: 4.79392
Location Information
The village of Malonne is located south-west of the town of Namur on the N90. From the motorway E411/A4 which runs between Namur and Brussels turn off at junction 15 onto the N90 direction Namur. Follow the N90 over the river and through the town in the direction of Floreffe. Turn left into the village of Malonne along the main road called Fond Du Malonne, take the third turning on the right called rue des Monasteres and then second left into rue des Champs De Malonne, the cemetery is along on the left. The graves are located along the main path to the left and on the right of this path.
Historical Information
Malonne Communal Cemetery contains two Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Burial Details
Lieutenant Robert Hay, 9th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, died 7th January 1919, aged 23. Son of Thomas Young Hay and Ellen Hay, of The Lodge, Forest Rd., Coalville, Leicester.
20548 Lance Corporal William James Norris, "A" Coy. 7th Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), died 23rd November 1918, aged 19. Son of William and Ellen Norris, of 238, Blandford Rd., Beckenham, Kent.
Pictures in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
The village of Malonne is located south-west of the town of Namur on the N90. From the motorway E411/A4 which runs between Namur and Brussels turn off at junction 15 onto the N90 direction Namur. Follow the N90 over the river and through the town in the direction of Floreffe. Turn left into the village of Malonne along the main road called Fond Du Malonne, take the third turning on the right called rue des Monasteres and then second left into rue des Champs De Malonne, the cemetery is along on the left. The graves are located along the main path to the left and on the right of this path.
Historical Information
Malonne Communal Cemetery contains two Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Burial Details
Lieutenant Robert Hay, 9th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, died 7th January 1919, aged 23. Son of Thomas Young Hay and Ellen Hay, of The Lodge, Forest Rd., Coalville, Leicester.
20548 Lance Corporal William James Norris, "A" Coy. 7th Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), died 23rd November 1918, aged 19. Son of William and Ellen Norris, of 238, Blandford Rd., Beckenham, Kent.
Pictures in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
Pictures in gallery below © André De Smet
