Heverlee War Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium

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Heverlee War Cemetery is located 30 kilometres from Brussels and 3 kilometres south of Leuven. Turn left out of Leuven railway station onto the Tiensevest (ring road R 23). Follow the Tiensevest through the junctions Tiensepoort and Parkpoort and along the Naamsepoort. Turn left at the Naamsepoort onto the Naamsesteenweg (N251), signposted Namen, Waver and Heverlee. Continue until you cross the railway line at Heverlee and take the first left turn into the Hertogstraat. Follow Hertogstraat to the end and turn right at the Sport Hall onto the Kerspelstraat. Continue down the Kerspelstraat until you come to a crossroads at which the cemetery is located

Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible via the main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200. February 2013 Note : Branches are falling from the oak trees at the cemetery. As a precautionary measure Heverlee War Cemetery has been taped off from the right hand chapel along the right hand plots up to the back.

The original burial ground at Heverlee was on the opposite side of the lane. It was used after the liberation for burials from the 101st British General Hospital, which was then housed in Heverlee Girl's School near by. In July 1946, the present cemetery was started and the cemetery now contains 977 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 37 of them unidentified.

 There are also 29 First World War burials which were brought into the cemetery from Wetteren Communal Cemetery, Gouvy Churchyard, Linerle, Uccle Communal Cemetery, Boneffe Churchyard, Luttre Communal Cemetery, Anderlecht Communal Cemetery, Sclayn Communal Cemetery, Tubize Communal Cemetery and Gerozstein German Military Cemetery, where their security and maintenance could not be guaranteed.

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CLEGG, William Alexander

Service number 400886
Flying Officer
No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 24 May 1916

HOLLAND, Allen

Service number 405208
Sergeant
No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 30 May 1922

BALMER, John Raeburn

Service number 68
Group Captain
No. 467 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 3 Jul 1910

PEATE, Raymond Ernest Lee

Service number 414425
Pilot Officer
No. 115 Squadron (RAF)
Royal Air Force
Born 29 Apr 1923

HOFFMAN, Adolf David Leon

Service number 426598
Flying Officer
No. 115 Squadron (RAF)
Royal Air Force
Born 24 Nov 1922

SMITH, Ronald David

Service number 405194
Sergeant
No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 15 Sep 1913

MEIKLEJOHN, Robert Bruce

Service number 413222
Flying Officer
No. 90 Squadron (RAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 26 Oct 1921

THORNTON, Stanley George

Service number 41497
Pilot Officer
Royal Air Force - unspecified units
Royal Air Force