Commonwealth War Graves Blankenberge
The Commonwealth plot in Blankenberge Town Cemetery contains 10 burials of the First World War and 80 burials of the Second World War, 14 of them unidentified.
Over half the graves are as a result of the sinking of H.M.L.S.T. 420, which was carrying Royal Air Force personnel, outside the port of Oostende on the 7th November 1944. The plot also contains three war burials of other nationalities and one non-war grave.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Luc van Waeyenberge
Nearby
Point of interest
- Informatie Sign Former Airfield Neumünster - Houtave, Zuienkerke
- Major Weylerkazerne Brugge - Brugge
- Former Gestapo Building Bruges - Brugge
Monument
- War Memorial Cemetery Blankenberge - Blankenberge
- Memorial King Albert l - Blankenberge
- Memorial Victims Removing Mines Blankenberge - Blankenberge
Cemetery
- Belgian War Graves Blankenberge - Blankenberge
- Belgian Graves Veterans Blankenberge - Blankenberge
- Belgian Graves Veterans Uitkerke - Uitkerke (Blankenberge)
Remembrance Stone
- Stumbling Stone Karel de Stoutelaan 70 - Brugge
- Stumbling Stone Sint Jorisstraat 69 - Brugge
- Stumbling Stone Mortierstraat 46 - Brugge
Fortification
- Stutzpunkte (Stp) "Blankenberghe Mole" - Blankenberge
- German Resistance Nest Pier Blankenberge - Blankenberge
- Bunker Lissewege - Lissewege (Brugge)
Crash site
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