Bruyelle War Cemetery

History Information (Source: CWGC)

All but one of the men buried in Bruyelle War Cemetery died in May 1940, during the battle on the line of the river Scheldt (Escaut) before the final withdrawal to Dunkirk ahead of the German advance. Of them, 58 were buried originally in Bruyelle, and the remainder in other villages in the neighbourhood, until November 1940 when they were all brought together in the one site. In September 1944, when the Allies re-entered Belgium one further burial was made in the cemetery. The cemetery contains 147 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 17 of them unidentified.

 

Served with

  • United Kingdom (147)

Served in

  • Air Force (3)
  • Army (144)
Bruyelle War Cemetery
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Lysander II N1298

Corporal Reginald Augustus TAMBLIN - 515204

4 Sqdn. Royal Air Force

Died 21 May 1940

 

Pilot Officer Peter McLeod PEACE - 41731

4 Sqdn. Royal Air Force

Died 21 May 1940

Hurricane I L1834

Pilot Officer Christopher Charles Dolben MACKWORTH - 40728

87 Sqdn. Royal Air Force

Died 14 May 1940 Age 21

 

Personal Inscription:

"ONE CROWDED HOUR OF GLORIOUS LIFE IS WORTH AN AGE WITHOUT A NAME"