STEENKERKE BELGIAN MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.05889, Longitude: 2.68977
Location Information
The village of Steenkerke is located south of the town of Veurne (formerly Furnes) off the N8 which runs between Veurne and Ieper (Ypres). Driving from Veurne take the first turning left after the motorway which is called Steengracht West.
Follow this road into the village and at the first junction turn left into Steenkerkestraat. Then take the first turning right to the church, the cemetery is behind the church. The graves are located in rows A, B and C at the right and side in the centre of the cemetery.
Historical Information
Steenkerke Belgian Military Cemetery contains a plot of 30 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, more than half of them of men of the Royal Garrison Artillery. All but one of the burials date from October and November 1917.
World War One Casualties: United Kingdom 30.
The village of Steenkerke is located south of the town of Veurne (formerly Furnes) off the N8 which runs between Veurne and Ieper (Ypres). Driving from Veurne take the first turning left after the motorway which is called Steengracht West.
Follow this road into the village and at the first junction turn left into Steenkerkestraat. Then take the first turning right to the church, the cemetery is behind the church. The graves are located in rows A, B and C at the right and side in the centre of the cemetery.
Historical Information
Steenkerke Belgian Military Cemetery contains a plot of 30 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, more than half of them of men of the Royal Garrison Artillery. All but one of the burials date from October and November 1917.
World War One Casualties: United Kingdom 30.
Cemetery images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
Second Lieutenant
George Arthur Baker
342nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
29th November 1917, aged 24.
Chevalier of the Order of the Crown (Belgium), Croix de Guerre (Belgium). Son of Samuel and Sarah Baker; husband of Florence Baker, of 80, Effingham St., Rotherham. Born at Keighley, Yorks.
His headstone bears the inscription "Croix De Guerre (Belgium) Chevalier De L'Ordre De La Couronne (Belgium) R. I. P."
George Arthur Baker
342nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
29th November 1917, aged 24.
Chevalier of the Order of the Crown (Belgium), Croix de Guerre (Belgium). Son of Samuel and Sarah Baker; husband of Florence Baker, of 80, Effingham St., Rotherham. Born at Keighley, Yorks.
His headstone bears the inscription "Croix De Guerre (Belgium) Chevalier De L'Ordre De La Couronne (Belgium) R. I. P."
Some of the Individual Headstones
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
169506 Lance Corporal
Henry Stirling Watson
"N" Special Company, Royal Engineers
14th November 1917, aged 20.
Son of James and Mrs. Watson, of III, Cowgate, Kirkintilloch. A student at Glasgow University.
His headstone bears the inscription "The Above Soldier Was A Student At Glasgow University"
Henry Stirling Watson
"N" Special Company, Royal Engineers
14th November 1917, aged 20.
Son of James and Mrs. Watson, of III, Cowgate, Kirkintilloch. A student at Glasgow University.
His headstone bears the inscription "The Above Soldier Was A Student At Glasgow University"
