Veurne Communal Cemetery Extension
- Country Belgium
- Total identified casualties 71 Find these casualties
- Region West-Vlaanderen
- Identified casualties from Second World War
- GPS Coordinates Latitude: 51.0747, Longitude: 2.66428
Location information
Veurne Communal Cemetery Extension is located in the north-east district of the town of Veurne (also known as Furnes). From the Grote Markt the Oostraat leads for 500 metres to the left hand turning onto Oude Vestingstraat. The cemetery is located 500 metres along Oude Vestingstraat on the right hand side of the road.
Visiting information
ARRIVAL
The route to the cemetery is signposted.
PARKING
There is a large car park next to the cemetery, the surface is concrete, the ground is flat and firm.
The car park is within 10 metres of the main entrance. There are brick paving stones between the parking area and the gravel pathway leading to the CWGC plot.
ACCESS, LAYOUT AND MAIN ENTRANCE
Access from the car park into the cemetery is along a gravel path running alongside a French War Graves plot in the cemetery, immediately in front of the CWGC plot. There is an additional French War Graves plot to the right of the CWGC plot.
The cemetery is a rectangular shape.
The Cross of Sacrifice is in the centre of the cemetery at the rear (furthest point from main road).
All internal paths are grass, the ground is flat and firm.
ALTERNATIVE ACCESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The cemetery is permanently open.
History information
The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk. Commonwealth forces did not return until September 1944, but in the intervening years, many airmen were shot down or crashed in raids on strategic objectives in Belgium, or while returning from missions over Germany.
VEURNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION contains 77 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, almost all of which date from the last two or three days of May 1940. There are also two Czechoslovak war graves within the extension.
The adjoining COMMUNAL CEMETERY contains two First World War burials.